FIA WEC | Button reveals a curious anecdote about Ron Dennis: "he told me I would hate Le Mans"

In an interview with Eurosport, Jenson Button spoke about his relationship with the 24 Hours of Le Mans, revealing a curious anecdote linked to the figure of Ron Dennis, former head of McLaren. According to what the Englishman reported, Dennis has repeatedly advised him against taking part in the great French classic given that in endurance racing there is no possibility of adapting the car to one's driving needs. In a race like Le Mans, in fact, compromises must be found and these also concern the set-up of the car. JB, we remember, is part of the SMP Racing team and will share his BR1 with Vitaly Petrov and Mikhail Aleshin.

Here are the words of Jenson Button: “The 24 Hours of Le Mans is always part of a driver's thoughts. Despite this, however, Ron Dennis always told me that I would hate her. He always told me 'Jenson, I know you like to adapt the car to your needs, but in that race you won't have that opportunity.' In endurance racing you have to find compromises, but in the end you manage to adapt quite quickly. In Super GT, for example, I share the car with Naoki Yamamoto. He loves oversteer, while I don't like it. We found a meeting point. The beauty of these races is precisely this factor, that is, the crew's work”.