The aggressive fireplace by no means diminishes in world-class athletes. Discontented sitting on the sidelines, 2009 FIA Formulation One World Champion Jenson Button returns to the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion Aug. 14-17 to not sit idly by, however to race his 1952 Jaguar C-Kind that was initially owned by six-time World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio.
“I like racing, it doesn’t matter in what kind,” mentioned Jenson Button. “I’ve raced the whole lot from F1 automobiles to Trophy vans within the desert. What I like about historic racing is how mechanical the automobiles are, you are feeling at one with it, and you need to deal with it with respect. I’ve solely raced my C-Kind at Goodwood up to now so I can’t wait so as to add Laguna Seca to that quick listing of historic race tracks.”
Button provides, “The Rolex Reunion is such a particular occasion celebrating lovely equipment and catching up with good pals. I look ahead to it.”
In accordance with John Narigi, president of WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Button’s participation within the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion provides to the spectacle of the gathering. “Mr. Button visited final 12 months to benefit from the racing, and we’re very excited to see him hustle his storied Jaguar C-Kind across the monitor and down the Corkscrew. Our visitors will take pleasure in assembly the World Champion.”
From his debut on the 2000 Australian Grand Prix to his final race on the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix, Jenson Button’s Formulation 1 profession was crammed with success: 15 Grand Prix victories, 50 podiums, and the final word prize of being World Drivers’ Champion in 2009. The British driver is now making use of his expertise to endurance and basic races. In 2023, he participated in three NASCAR (Nationwide Affiliation for Inventory Automobile Auto Racing) races and began the centenary version of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in a NASCAR entry.
Button is not any stranger to the Rolex model, which first partnered with the occasion in 2001, and 9 years later turned the Title Sponsor. Holding a long-standing relationship with the Swiss watchmaker, Button’s affinity with the model dates again to 2000, when he made his debut in Formulation 1 and bought his first Rolex. In 2022, Button joined the Rolex household of Testimones.
Button is ready to convey a really historic Jaguar C-Kind oozing with patina. Offered to its first proprietor, racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio in 1952, this C-Kind (generally referred to by its chassis quantity XKC 018) was quickly after shipped to Argentina the place it was offered to Jose Millet. From there, Millet campaigned the automotive extensively at occasions all through the Fifties in South America together with the 1955 and 1956 1000km of Buenos Aires.
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