Jenson Button to drive ex-Fittipaldi McLaren M23 at Monterey
Jenson Button will be back in an F1 car when demonstrates the ex-Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren M23 at the Monterey Motorsport Reunion at Laguna Seca in August.
Button has previously driven an M23 at Silverstone and in London’s Leicester Square for the premiere of the “Rush” movie in 2013. The 1974 World Championship-winning Fittipaldi car is still owned and run by McLaren.
“It’s always special to drive a Formula 1 car with such an illustrious past,” said Button. “And the M23 wrote a significant chapter in Grand Prix history during the 1970s. It’s a somewhat strange sensation to drive a car from this era – you sit much more upright in the cockpit, and you feel like you could almost reach out of the cockpit and touch the front wheels.
“But, once you drive it, you quickly start to understand what made the M23 so successful – it’s incredibly easy to drive, has a really consistent balance, and plenty of feel: everything you put into it, you get out of it, which is very rewarding for a driver.”
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