Jenson Button races Japanese Super GT for his second season

Jenson Button races Japanese Super GT for his second season

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Mits Yoshi

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Tuesday 15th January 2019
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Ex- Formula one World Champion, Jenson Button continues his agreement with Team Kunimitsu, owned by Japanese legend driver/rider and races Japanese Super GT in 2019 season with Naoki Yamamoto.
In 2018 season, Jenson Button raced Super GT 500 class in Japan, and got series champion at the last race in Twin Ring Motegi in November.
Rumours says that Button will joins Sky TV F1 team in 2019 season and travel aroud the F1 Grand Prix, but he races in Japan again.
Honda announced 2019 motorsports line up on Friday 11, January at Tokyo Auto Salon held in Makuhari Messe in Chiba prefecture in Japan.
Button showed his ambitions to win the championship again with his team mate Naoki Yamamoto who also got champion on Japanese Super Formula 2018 season.

Edited by Mits Yoshi on Tuesday 15th January 06:44

Mits Yoshi

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14 posts

73 months

Thursday 17th January 2019
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I just would like to introduce European drivers driving in Japan. Do you know Heikki Kovalinen also races in Japanese Super GT series?
Japanese Super GT is collaborating with DTM and will have a joint race in later 2019 season.