Yeah, this race is going to have a lot of eyeballs on it.”
Everyone is going to tune in to see what happens in Vegas this week. “I think this one’s going to be very special because it’s going to bring in another audience. That is the one where I think we all love to watch the racing. “I know the drivers love that track fast, flowing, tough, bumpy. “We have COTA for the racing,” Button says.
They live in California, close to Bel Air, in the west of Los Angeles.īutton jokes it will be a “quick four-hour drive” across Death Valley to reach this week’s race, which he believes can be transformative in bringing a new audience to the sport. He is married to one after all model Brittny Ward, with whom he has a four-year-old son Hendrix, and a three-year-old daughter Lenny. It’s incredible.”īutton’s fondness for all things American is perhaps unsurprising. I think they should check out Road Atlanta. As long as we keep the classic circuits – the Monacos, the Silverstones, the Monzas – and as long as the track is a fun one to watch and to drive. Look at California, it’s bigger than the UK. “I don’t think it would be a problem having four races here,” Button insists.
And the 2009 champion is not sure we are stopping at three races. The sport’s American expansion is good news. Jenson Button is well aware of the chatter surrounding this week’s Las Vegas Grand Prix and whether it represents progress for Formula One or another step towards the selling of its soul.
