Two F1 World Champions will lock horns in Austin in NASCAR, but they aren't the first to try their hand in stock cars 🇺🇸
NASCAR is not the most common destination for drivers who cut their teeth in F1, but a former World Champion has now added a new name to that rather exclusive list.
And with Button joining another ex-F1 World Champion on that COTA grid, it had us thinking back to past examples of drivers who ended up is NASCAR after their time in Formula 1.We will start with Button then, who since retiring from Formula 1 in has tried his hand at a range of different racing categories, including Super GT, the World Endurance Championship and Extreme E, but NASCAR will be a completely new challenge for the 15-time F1 race winner.
Button has said he is open to some possible oval racing in future if that window of opportunity was to ever open.And when Button heads into action for the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at COTA, he will be joined by a fellow F1 champ in 2007 title-winner Kimi Raikkonen, who is going to be competing as Trackhouse Racing’s Project 91 driver.
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