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Hartley to replace Button at SMP at Sebring and Spa

Brendon Hartley will return to Endurance in the SMP Racing team to replace Jenson Button, retained by two Super GT races during the 1 Miles of Sebring and the 000 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps 6 weekends.

Published on 07/02/2019 à 12:05

Medhi Casaurang

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Hartley to replace Button at SMP at Sebring and Spa

Laid off by Toro Rosso in F1 at the end of 2018, Brendon Hartley is nonetheless a busy man. The New Zealander, besides a role as a simulator driver for Scuderia Ferrari, has been appointed to replace Jenson Button at SMP Racing during the 1 Miles of Sebring (Florida, March 000-13) and for the 15 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium, May 6-2). 

This will be the first time that Brendon Hartley will compete in the World Endurance Championship (WEC) since his Pilots title acquired in 2017 with Porsche in LM P1. This replacement is explained by two clashes of dates between the WEC and the Super GT, competition in which Jenson Button is simply the outgoing champion with Honda.

At the wheel of the BR Engineering BR1 with AER engine, Brendon Hartley will be teamed up with the Russians Vitaly Petrov and Mikhail Aleshin. Jenson Button will be back in Sarthe on June 15 and 16.

Medhi Casaurang

Passionate about the history of motorsport across all disciplines, I learned to read thanks to AUTOhebdo. At least that's what my parents tell everyone when they see my name inside!

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