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HISTORICAL FACTS: 12 - The Untold Story

Button: NASCAR Le Mans qualifying pace exceeded expectations

The Hendrick Motorsports machine was almost four seconds faster than the quickest GTE Am entry in Wednesday's opening qualifying session, despite the team's modest pre-event public predictions of being somewhere in the middle of the GTE Am pack.

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Le Mans 24h: Porsche beats Ferrari in opening night practice

Laurens Vanthoor went quickest with just over 30 minutes of the two-hour night session remaining on Wednesday aboard his Porsche 963 LMDh to beat Ferrari driver James Calado’s mark by three tenths.

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Documentary on NASCAR Garage 56 entry coming to Prime Video

The documentary will premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video, and is being produced by NASCAR Studios.

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Kobayashi to make NASCAR Cup debut with 23XI Racing at Indy road course

In a press conference at Le Mans prior to first practice on Wednesday, Toyota Racing Development president David Wilson revealed that Kobayashi will campaign the #67 Toyota Camry previously raced by Travis Pastrana to an 11th place finish at the Daytona 500 on 13 August.

Autosport

Football says goodbye to Zlatan Ibrahimovic – Monday’s sporting social

Jenson Button enjoyed a bit of testing.

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F1 star breaks unwritten rule to leave Sky's Martin Brundle and Jenson Button unimpressed

As if there aren't already enough rules and regulations involved in Formula 1, there are plenty of unofficial conventions that drivers are expected to follow as well

Irish Mirror

Ralf Schumacher "brutally pushed" by F1 security as Jenson Button also collared

Sir Jackie Stewart was manhandled by security on live TV, while Ralf Schumacher says he and Sky colleague Jenson Button were also mistreated on the Miami Grand Prix grid

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Lewis Hamilton has only one option for his F1 future amid silence over Mercedes contract

A lack of progress over a new Mercedes deal for Hamilton has led to speculation about his potential F1 retirement, or a move to another competitive team such as Ferrari

Daily Mirror

Jenson Button tells Sergio Perez how to become the F1 title favourite over Max Verstappen

Many have doubted Perez's chances of ever putting up a strong title fight against Red Bull team-mate Verstappen, but the Mexican has impressed so far this season

Daily Mirror

Button wants WEC Hypercar drive for Le Mans 2024

The 2009 Formula 1 world champion is returning to the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship this year in the Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 based on the Next Gen NASCAR Cup car together with Jimmie Johnson and Mike Rockenfeller.

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Jenson Button makes clear what Mercedes must give Lewis Hamilton for him to extend contract

Speculation continues to mount over Lewis Hamilton's future in Formula 1 with the seven-time world champion yet to agree a deal with his Mercedes team beyond 2023

Daily Mirror

Button eyes WEC Hypercar drive for Le Mans 2024

Autosport

The F1 grand prix that big-budget Toyota should have won

At the end of the 2009 season Toyota announced its withdrawal from F1, ending an eight-year adventure that saw a huge amount of money spent, and no wins achieved.

Motorsport

The day Alonso gave Schumacher an F1 masterclass

It was the first time that the two had fought so closely for a race victory all the way to the chequered flag, and Alonso’s superb win appeared to signal a changing of the guard.

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The race that transformed perceptions of Red Bull

When Red Bull Racing first joined the Formula 1 grid in 2005, few could have foreseen the success that lay ahead or the juggernaut it would one day become.

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Jenson Button thinks Lewis Hamilton's reaction to George Russell defeat speaks volumes

Lewis Hamilton was delighted with his result in Australian Grand Prix qualifying, even though Mercedes team-mate George Russell went one better to start on the front row

Motorsport

NASCAR 2023 Richmond schedule, entry list, and how to watch

Tyler Reddick earned Toyota its first win of the year at COTA, surviving multiple overtime restarts to win the race. It was his fourth career win and his third at a road course.

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How NASCAR stars taught F1 veterans a big lesson in racecraft

At least Kimi Raikkonen had faced the NASCAR Cup experience once before, arriving at the Circuit of the Americas having been booted out of last year’s race at Watkins Glen and into the tyrewall, so at least he knew what he could expect.

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F1 Champion Button Feels the Heat on NASCAR Debut

Former Formula One world champion Jenson Button said that he suffered heat exhaustion and nearly retired from the race before finishing 18th at his NASCAR debut in Texas on Sunday. The 43-year-old Briton, who won the F1 world championship in 2009, said he feared fainting while driving his Ford Mustang…

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NASCAR Cup COTA: Reddick survives triple overtime to win, Button 18th

Toyota driver Reddick and poleman William Byron's Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet spent much of Sunday's race trading the lead, but the former Richard Childress Racing man moved out front for the final time on lap 64 of what was originally scheduled as a 68-lap race.

Motorsport

Button almost stopped due to "heat exhaustion" in NASCAR debut

Button's NASCAR Cup debut was far from easy, but in a race that went into triple overtime and saw numerous incidents, he was elated just to make it to the checkered flag.

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2023 NASCAR Cup at COTA race results

Reddick was the dominant driver all day, and led a race-high 41 laps. It was his first victory as a 23XI Racing driver, beating Kyle Busch in the car Reddick used to drive.

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Reddick survives triple overtime to win messy COTA Cup race

Reddick and William Byron spent much of the race trading the lead but Reddick moved out front for the final time on Lap 64 of what was originally scheduled as a 68-lap race.

Motorsport

Raikkonen: COTA track "a bit trickier" in NASCAR Cup cars

Trackhouse are the defending winners of this event with Ross Chastain taking the checkered flag in 2022.

Autosport

"Anxious" Button "forgot how to start the car" in first NASCAR practice

The 2009 Formula 1 world champion is making his NASCAR debut this weekend aboard the #15 Rick Ware Racing Ford Mustang, with technical support from Stewart-Haas Racing.

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