Button: I don’t care what position I take

When it was already late in Moscow on Sunday evening, the NASCAR race started in Austin, in which Kimi Raikkonen and Jenson Button are participating.

Finn started from 22nd position, Jenson – from 24th, although he drove a Ford Mustang stock car in qualifying mode for the first time the day before, and these results can be considered quite normal.

Behind more than a third of the distance, which consists of 68 laps of the race, and during this time there were several incidents on the track, but both world champions managed to avoid problems and remained in roughly the same positions from which they started .

Kimi went to the scheduled pit stop first, then temporarily rolled back to 30th position, before moving up to 13th, and Jenson was already running 31st after changing the tyres.

But even before the start he spoke about his goals for the upcoming NASCAR debut race on FOX Sport: “I think these cars are COTA 40 seconds slower than Formula 1 cars, but believe me, you have to work a lot harder for the steering wheel. .

In general I like to try something new and I don’t consider myself just a Formula 1 driver – I’m just a driver and NASCAR is a serious and very interesting challenge for me. This is only the first of three races I have to do and I will try to enjoy it, although I have absolutely no idea what lies ahead. But I have a feeling it’s going to be great! And I will try to do my best.

These cars are about twice as heavy as Formula 1 vehicles and have quite a lot of bodywork. You can literally feel it sliding down the track, and as long as I get to the finish line, it will be good.

Today I don’t care what position I take because I understand I can’t win this race. But now it’s important for me to study, and I’m sure when I’m done I’ll be much better prepared for my next race, which will be held in Chicago.