Editing Jenson Button (section)

==Super GT career==

[[File:No.100 RAYBRIG NSX-GT.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Honda NSX (second generation)#Motorsports|Honda NSX-GT]] that Button and [[Naoki Yamamoto (racing driver)|Naoki Yamamoto]] drove to win the [[2018 Super GT Series|2018]] [[Super GT]] title.]]

Button became interested in [[Super GT]] in about 2011,<ref name=Metropolis2018>{{Cite web|last=Jarvis|first=Stephan|date=27 April 2018|title=Jenson Button – Super GT Challenger|url=https://metropolisjapan.com/jenson-button-japan-super-gt/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427100239/https://metropolisjapan.com/jenson-button-japan-super-gt/|archive-date=27 April 2018|access-date=13 August 2020|website=[[Metropolis (free magazine)|Metropolis]]}}</ref> and discussions with Honda led to his series debut at the 2017 [[Suzuka 1000km]] in a [[Honda NSX (second generation)|NSX-GT]] for [[Mugen Motorsports|Team Mugen]] with teammates [[Hideki Mutoh]] and [[Daisuke Nakajima]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Saunders|first=Nate|title=Jenson Button to make Super GT debut in August|url=https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/19518500/jenson-button-make-super-gt-debut-august|publisher=ESPN|date=2 June 2017|access-date=5 May 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828181713/http://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/19518500/jenson-button-make-super-gt-debut-august|archive-date=28 August 2018}}</ref> The trio finished 12th following two penalties and two tyre punctures.<ref>{{cite web|last=Thurkal|first=Rachit|title=Suzuka 1000km: Honda wins dramatic race, Button finishes 12th|url=https://www.motorsport.com/supergt/news/suzuka-1000km-super-gt-honda-wins-dramatic-race-button-12th-945596/3042761/|publisher=motorsport.com|date=27 August 2017|access-date=5 May 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730121625/https://www.motorsport.com/supergt/news/suzuka-1000km-super-gt-honda-wins-dramatic-race-button-12th-945596/3042761/|archive-date=30 July 2019}}</ref> He also considered racing as a third driver for [[Team Penske|Acura Team Penske]]'s [[IMSA SportsCar Championship]] team, but was rejected.<ref>{{cite web|last=Errington|first=Tom|title=Honda: Button was serious Penske option for IMSA in 2018|url=https://www.autosport.com/imsa/news/132350/honda-button-was-serious-penske-imsa-option|work=Autosport|date=11 October 2017|access-date=5 May 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805202240/https://www.autosport.com/imsa/news/132350/honda-button-was-serious-penske-imsa-option|archive-date=5 August 2019}}</ref> Button drove the full [[2018 Super GT Series]] for [[Team Kunimitsu]] in the No. 100 GT500-class Honda NSX-GT alongside [[Naoki Yamamoto (racing driver)|Naoki Yamamoto]];<ref name="RSCResults" /> Button wanted to drive a [[Bridgestone]]-shod car and drivers recommended Yamamoto because he speaks English.<ref name=Metropolis2018/> Button's team helped him to communicate better, adapt to the series and its culture.<ref>{{cite web|title=Button Adjusting to New Culture in Super GT|url=https://sportscar365.com/other-series/super-gt/button-adjusting-to-new-culture-in-super-gt/|publisher=SportsCar365|date=29 March 2018|access-date=5 May 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813081230/https://sportscar365.com/other-series/super-gt/button-adjusting-to-new-culture-in-super-gt/|archive-date=13 August 2018}}</ref> He and Yamamoto won at [[Sportsland Sugo]] and took two-second-place finishes to enter the season-ending race at [[Twin Ring Motegi]] equal on points with the [[TOM'S]] duo of [[Ryō Hirakawa]] and [[Nick Cassidy]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Thurkal|first1=Rachit|last2=Simmons|first2=Marcus|title=Button's Super GT title showdown|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/autosport-uk/20181108/281573766709419|journal=Autosport|date=8 November 2018|access-date=5 May 2020|pages=4–5|via=PressReader|archive-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115201111/https://www.pressreader.com/uk/autosport-uk/20181108/281573766709419|url-status=live}}</ref> He held off Hirakawa to win the GT500 title by three points and was the first rookie champion since [[Toranosuke Takagi]] in [[2005 Super GT Series|2005]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Klein|first=Jamie|title=Motegi Super GT: Button, Yamamoto crowned in tense finale|url=https://www.motorsport.com/supergt/news/motegi-button-champion-yamamoto-finale/3211840/|publisher=motorsport.com|date=11 November 2018|access-date=5 May 2020|archive-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115201107/https://www.motorsport.com/supergt/news/motegi-button-champion-yamamoto-finale/3211840/|url-status=live}}</ref>

For the [[2019 Super GT Series|2019 season]], Button remained at Team Kunimitsu alongside Yamamoto in the renumbered No. 1 Honda.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cobb|first=Haydn|title=Button, Yamamoto to defend Super GT title with Honda|url=https://www.crash.net/f1/news/911955/1/button-defend-super-gt-title-honda|publisher=Crash|date=11 January 2019|access-date=5 May 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111135416/https://www.crash.net/f1/news/911955/1/button-defend-super-gt-title-honda|archive-date=11 January 2019}}</ref> In an incident-filled season, Button and Yamamoto were taken out of the lead in the opening round at Okayama,<ref>{{cite web|last=Thurkal|first=Rachit|title=Super GT Okayama 300km Abandoned After 30 Laps Due To Rain|url=https://www.autosport.com/gt/news/142766/collision-wrecks-button-super-gt-opener|work=Autosport|date=14 April 2019|access-date=8 May 2020|url-status=live|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801233615/https://www.autosport.com/gt/news/142766/collision-wrecks-button-super-gt-opener}}</ref> a mistimed safety car at the second Fuji race and a poor tyre choice in the rain at Sugo cost the team possible victories.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cassidy: Fuji safety car cost us second Super GT title|url=https://www.motorsport.com/supergt/news/cassidy-hirakawa-toms-motegi-defeat/4592132/|last=Klein|first=Jamie|date=3 November 2019|publisher=motorsport.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802000002/https://www.motorsport.com/supergt/news/cassidy-hirakawa-toms-motegi-defeat/4592132/|archive-date=2 August 2020|access-date=8 May 2020}}<br />{{Cite web|title=The race that ended Button and Yamamoto's title defence|url=https://www.motorsport.com/supergt/news/button-yamamoto-tyre-call-sugo/4546824/|last=Thurkal|first=Rachit|date=24 September 2019|publisher=motorsport.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802003118/https://www.motorsport.com/supergt/news/button-yamamoto-tyre-call-sugo/4546824/|archive-date=2 August 2020|access-date=8 May 2020}}</ref> The pair achieved two podium finishes at both Fuji rounds and a sixth place at Motegi to finish eighth in the GT500 Drivers' Championship with 37 points.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Thurkal|first1=Rachit|last2=Klein|first2=Jamie|title=Button raced with "basically the same car as last year"|url=https://www.motorsport.com/supergt/news/button-same-car-kunimitsu-honda/4592151/|publisher=motorsport.com|date=4 November 2019|access-date=5 May 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214084738/https://www.motorsport.com/supergt/news/button-same-car-kunimitsu-honda/4592151/|archive-date=14 December 2019}}</ref> In October 2019, he drove the final two races of the season-ending [[2019 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters|Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters]] (DTM) round at the [[Hockenheimring]] in his Team Kunimitsu NSX car as Honda's [[Wild card (sports)|wild card]] entry.<ref>{{cite news|last=Myson|first=Chris|title=Jenson Button to race in DTM finale at Hockenheim|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/motorsport/jenson-button-race-dtm-finale-hockenheim-formula-one-f1-deutsche-tourenwagen-masters-kunimitsu-honda/article29362734.ece|work=[[Sportstar]]|date=7 September 2019|access-date=5 May 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921053235/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/motorsport/jenson-button-race-dtm-finale-hockenheim-formula-one-f1-deutsche-tourenwagen-masters-kunimitsu-honda/article29362734.ece|archive-date=21 September 2019}}</ref> He finished 9th in the first race and 16th in the second.<ref>{{cite web|last=Aller|first=Tamara|title=Jenson Button: "I'd like to have some more time in the DTM"|url=https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/10/06/jenson-button-id-like-time-dtm/|publisher=TouringCarTimes|date=6 October 2019|access-date=5 May 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007104401/https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/10/06/jenson-button-id-like-time-dtm/|archive-date=7 October 2019}}</ref> Button did not enter the "Super GT × DTM Dream Race" at Fuji Speedway because his contract did not oblige him to do so,<ref>{{cite web|last=Errington|first=Tom|title=Jenson Button not doing joint DTM/Super GT races at Fuji|url=https://www.autosport.com/dtm/news/146438/button-wont-do-joint-dtmsuper-gt-fuji-races|work=Autosport|date=6 October 2019|access-date=5 May 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009045216/https://www.autosport.com/dtm/news/146438/button-wont-do-joint-dtmsuper-gt-fuji-races|archive-date=9 October 2019}}</ref> and left Super GT after 2019 because he did not want to fly frequently from the United States to Japan and wanted to explore other racing series.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Haidinger|first=Sven|title=Berger arbeitete an Sensation: Woran Buttons DTM-Wechsel scheiterte|url=https://www.motorsport-total.com/dtm/news/berger-arbeitete-an-sensation-woran-buttons-dtm-wechsel-scheiterte-20032201|publisher=motorsport-total.com|language=de|date=22 March 2020|access-date=5 May 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329024028/https://www.motorsport-total.com/dtm/news/berger-arbeitete-an-sensation-woran-buttons-dtm-wechsel-scheiterte-20032201|archive-date=29 March 2020}}</ref>