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#3 Former team mate Button looks happy after leaving F1 for Super GT

Jenson Button

2017 saw another world champion say goodbye to the Formula 1 community after 17 years of racing in the sport.

The last few years of Button and McLaren's partnership looked to be fading when the 2009 world champion was not given a race winning car.

Button joined McLaren in 2010 to team up with fellow Briton Lewis Hamilton after winning the driver's and constructors' championship with Brawn GP.

Button's last ever race win in F1 was at the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix just before the team would start to collapse.

The Briton lost his father, John Button, at the start of 2014 and said in an interview on ITV's This Morning in October that losing his Dad 'changed everything'.

When Button announced leaving he said he wouldn't miss F1: "Obviously I did the race in Monaco, the race we can forget about, but qualifying I loved. Driving these monsters in Monaco...and the other race that really stands out is this one, driving a 2017 car must be pretty special. But do I miss F1? No."

The 38 year old is now racing in Super GT which is a Japanese race series after agreeing to drive for Honda this year.

Judging from his social media posts, Button looks happy and refreshed to have joined a racing series he has never competed in before.

Maybe leaving F1 and joining another motorsport might be the solution for Mr Alonso?