Jenson Button has confirmed he will retire from professional racing after this weekend’s 8 Hours of Bahrain endurance race.

The 2009 Formula One world champion, 45, retired from F1 at the end of the 2016 season, though did make a one-off return at the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix.

Button, who now lives in California, works as a part-time pundit for Sky Sports ’ coverage of F1 but has also raced in the last few years in the World Endurance Championship (WEC) for Hertz Team Jota.

Yet this weekend’s final round of the 2025 season at the Bahrain International Circuit will be Button’s final professional race.

"This will be my last race, I've always liked Bahrain, I think it's a fun track, Button told BBC Radio Somerset.

“I'm going to enjoy it as much as I can because this will be the en

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