Jenson Button returns to racing with McLaren

2009 Formula One World Champion Jenson Button will make his McLaren Customer Racing 720S GT3 debut in the Silverstone 500 race on 7 November 2020, three years after he last competed in a McLaren at the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix. The 15-time Grand Prix winner headlines a record entry for McLaren in the British GT Championship.

Button, who drove for McLaren in Formula One for seven seasons, will take part in the three-hour race alongside his Customer Racing Team Jenson Team Rocket RJN Co-owner, Chis Buncombe, at the home of the British Grand Prix.

His first appearance in a McLaren GT3 car comes as several McLaren Customer Racing Teams line up with hopes of title successes in the final round of the 2020 British GT season - including the race-winning Jenson Team Rocket RJN crew of McLaren Professional Driver Michael O'Brien and World's Fastest Gamer James Baldwin, who are in contention for the overall GT3 Drivers' Championship.

Qualifying for this weekend's final round of the British GT Championship at Silverstone is scheduled to take place at 11:00pm on 7 November 2020, with the three-hour race starting at 8:50am on 8 November 2020.

Live coverage will be available to watch on British GT's website and SRO's GT World YouTube channel.