Button not ruling out becoming F1 team principal

Jenson Button has not ruled out the possibility of becoming a Formula 1 team principal in the future, despite it looking like a “tough job” to do.

He currently serves as a senior advisor at Williams, the first team he drove for in Formula 1, mentoring the team’s Academy drivers while being a team ambassador – combining that with his Sky Sports punditry duties through the season.

The 2009 World Champion, who owns the JBXE Extreme E team, added he does not yet feel ready to take on such a role in Formula 1, with plenty more he wants to do, but would be open to the idea of running a team.

“Team principal? It looks like a tough job,” Button said on an ‘Ask Me Anything’ video with Williams. “Yes, lots of arguing with other team principals, but who knows what the future holds?

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“I feel too young at the moment, there’s a lot of other stuff I’d like to do but, yeah, maybe one day.”

Button spoke on a variety of subjects in the fans’ Q&A video, and pointed out his team-mate in his World title-winning season as being the most underrated driver he worked with through his career.

“That’s a tricky one. I think Rubens [Barrichello], because Rubens’ engineering skills were extraordinary,” he explained.

“There was nobody that came close to Rubens, so for me it was great having him as a team-mate.

“Kevin Magnussen – [you can] kind of see what he can do now, right? He’s pretty quick, but he was quick from the word ‘go’. I think the mental side of the sport hurt him the most when we were team-mates.”

Button was present for Formula 1’s newest race in Miami last weekend with the sport taking itself to a brand new