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Button: I left it a year too long racing in F1
Jenson Button admits that his final season in Formula 1 last year was one too many and that he should have called it quits at the end of 2015 because he fell out of love with the sport. At the Japanese Grand Prix as part of his role as McLaren ambassador, Button told media, 'I've sort of fallen out of love a little bit with motorsport. I think that maybe I left it a year too long racing in F1.' As for his retirement, Button said, 'It has been lovely and it has been necessary as well. Lots of things have happened in my career that I have not had time to think about at the moment in time. I've needed this year to sit down and have a little chat to myself about what has happened. It has been...
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