Jenson Button apologised to the McLaren Formula 1 team after damaging his car in a bizarre crash with Pascal Wehrlein during Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix, but was otherwise ha🍬ppy with his one-off comeback.

Button returned to a McLaren race seat for Monaco following Fernando Alonso's decision to race in the Indianapolis 500, with his first run in the McLaren-Honda MCL🌌32 coming on Thursday in practice.

Button qualified n🧔inth on Saturday,𒐪 but dropped to the back of the grid due to an engine penalty, with McLaren opting to start the 2009 world champion from the pit lane.

Button spent the entirety of his race battling with Sauber's Pascal Wehrlein, only for both to retire following a clash at Portier that saw the latteﷺr's car tip onto its side against th🐲e wall.

"As🧜 a racing driver it's difficult to run around near the back and not have a go," Button said, having called the race "painful" at one point through team radio.

"I had a go and it didn't work out. Sorry to the team for even more damage this weekend after [Stoffel Vandoorne's] crash in qualifyi🧸n🧜g, my incident now. Sorry for that. It's difficult to hold back.

"But yℱesterday was awesome, I had a lot of good memories."

While Button confirmed he'll be back in the paddock later this year, he stressed that it would notဣ be as a racing driver.

"You'll definitely see me aওt other races but I won't be driving, no," he said.