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Tuesday, 15 May 2012 12:52 |
 2009 Formula One World Champion Jenson Button is to make a distinguished guest appearance at the Brands Hatch this weekend and will be checking out the DTM when it makes the first of its four foreign excursions this year.
The McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 driver will take the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz DTM ‘race taxi’ at the legendary British track on Sunday, his passenger will be Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team-mate and current DTM championship leader Gary Paffett.
Paffett, the winner of the first race of the new DTM era will then show Button around the new DTM Mercedes AMG C-Coupe, focusing particularly on the features that distinguish it from a Formula 1 car.
The winner of the opening race of the 2012 Formula 1 season in Melbourne last competed at Brands Hatch in 1999 when he was contesting the British Formula 3 Championship, finishing each of the three races in the points.
Jenson Button
“Brands Hatch is one of the circuits where I cut my teeth in junior single seaters and I have many fond memories of the place, in Formula Ford, the Formula Ford Festival, and in British Formula 3. It’s one of the greatest tracks in the world, and a place with an awful lot of motorsport history.
 “It’s going to be a fantastic experience to head back to Brands Hatch to watch the DTM race there on May 20. I think the new DTM rules are going to provide the British fans with some really close, tense and exciting racing, and I’ll be hoping that Gary Paffett, my McLaren Mercedes team-mate and our test and development driver, will be able to hold onto his lead in the championship with another win. Gary’s also given me the chance to drive the DTM ‘race taxi’ with him, it’ll be the first time I’ve driven Brands since doing F3 there back in 1999. It’s going to be very cool.
“I think the DTM weekend will be a great event, it’s a fantastic series with some excellent, close racing and some of the best drivers in the world. For me, it’s going to be a great personal experience and a fantastic opportunity to get up close and personal with all the British fans who have been supporting me over the years.”
Norbert Haug, Mercedes-Benz Motorsport
“Like most of the current crop of Formula 1 drivers, Jenson takes an interest in the DTM, so he was pleased to accept our invitation to the Brands Hatch weekend. I am sure he will have a lot of fun driving one of our DTM ‘race taxis’ and watching the race itself.”
F1SA.com
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