Hindustan Times ST (Jaipur)

One F1 comeback is enough for Button

- Reuters sportsdesk@hindustant­imes.com

Formula One may have seen the last of Jenson Button following the 2009 world champion’s Monaco Grand Prix comeback as stand-in for McLaren race regular Fernando Alonso.

The 37-year-old Briton made it abundantly clear that while he enjoyed the experience he had no desire to do any more races this year. “It has not whetted the appetite for any more -- definitely not,” said Button, who started last and from the pit lane due to penalties and retired from the race after colliding with Pascal Wehrlein’s Sauber.

Button, who was deemed at fault by race stewards and given a three-place grid drop for a next race that may never happen, will have breathed a big sigh of relief to see double world champion Alonso emerge unscathed from a crashstrew­n Indianapol­is 500.

The best moment of Button’s afternoon was perhaps a phone call from Alonso before the start,

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