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Button: I don't want to be racing in F1 beyond 2016
Jenson Button has announced that he is treating this weekend's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as his 'last' race in F1, turning his sabbatical into a retirement. Earlier this year the British racer revealed that he would be taking 2017 away from the Formula 1 grid, billing it as a sabbatical. The 36-year-old will be replaced by Stoffel Vandoorne but the door was left open for a possible return in 2018. However, ahead of the season-ending Abu Dhabi GP he has confirmed that he is treating the race as a retirement. Speaking in Thursday's FIA press conference, he said: 'I go into this weekend thinking it's going to be my last race. 'It is going to be my last race. At this moment in time, I don't want to...
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