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Button confirms his F1 retirement

Jenson Button has admitted that Abu Dhabi will be his final F1 race. Despite the unconvincing announcement - so typically McLaren - that Jenson Button was merely taking a sabbatical from F1 in 2017 as Stoffel Vandoorne joined Fernando Alonso, speculation continued as to whether we really had seen the last of the Briton as far as F1 is concerned. Speaking at today's official press conference in Abu Dhabi however, Button confirmed that this weekend marks his final Grand Prix appearance. And while, he is likely to return to race in other categories, the Briton appeared happy to be calling time on F1. 'I go into this weekend thinking it is going to be my last race,' he said, 'that is the best...
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