J💝enson Button has added the 2018 Le Mans classic to his race programme for this year as he is set to drive a 1988 Jaguar XJR-9 prototype in the Group C race in July.

The 2009 Formula 1 world champion was officially confirmed as part of Honda’s Super GT driver line-up for this season with 🐈Team Kunim🍎itsu, having taken a sabbatical from racing in 2017 with the exception of contesting the Monaco Grand Prix as Fernando𓄧 Alonso’s stand-in, and the British driver will also ma𒈔ke his Le Mans classic debut this year.

Button will drive a Jaguar XJR-9 which secured victory at the Daytona 24 hour race as well a🐓s successful in the 1988 World Sportscar champion♕ship winning seven out of 11 races including the iconic Le Mans 24 Hours to secure the world title along with Martin Brundle clinching the drivers’ crown.

The 2018 Le Mans classic is set to be hosted at the Circuit de la Sarthe on the 6-8 July three weeks after the first Le Man🐭s 24 hour race of the 2018-19 World Endurance Championship super-season.

will ♏be at the start of the Group C race! The form🐼er World Champion, who has never raced at the or , will be at the wheel of a 1988 Jaguar XJR-9.

— Le Mans Classic (@lemansclassic)