{"id":496487,"date":"2017-04-10T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T13:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=264797"},"modified":"2023-12-11T23:52:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T23:52:27","slug":"jenson-button-mclaren-m23-monterey-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/jenson-button-mclaren-m23-monterey-reunion\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion (2017) &#8211; Jenson Button to Drive at Monterey Reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Formula One racing driver Jenson Button will get behind the wheel of Emerson Fittipaldi&#8217;s 1974 Formula One World Championship-winning McLaren M23 at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, scheduled for August 17-20, 2017 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca during the Monterey Car Week.<\/p>\n<p>For Button, who won the 2009 Formula One World Championship driving for Brawn GP, the Monterey event will mark his first outing in Formula 1 machinery since retiring at the end of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s always special to drive a grand prix car with an illustrious history, and the M23 wrote one of the most significant chapters in motorsport history throughout much of the 1970s,\u201d said Button. \u201cIt\u2019s a somewhat strange sensation to drive a car from this era &#8212; you sit much more upright in the cockpit, and you feel like you could almost reach out of the cockpit and touch the front wheels. But, once you drive it, you quickly start to understand what made it so successful &#8212; it\u2019s incredibly easy to drive, has a really consistent balance, and plenty of feel. Everything you put into it, you get out of it, which is very rewarding for a driver.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The McLaren-Ford M23 contested 80 grands prix between 1973 and 1978, winning 16 grands prix and three world championships (1974 drivers\u2019 and constructors\u2019; 1976 drivers\u2019).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honored to host Jenson Button at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion and showcase a car with such great history,\u201d said Gill Campbell, CEO and general manager of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. \u201cFormula 1 is the pinnacle of racing advancement and Jenson\u2019s spirited exhibition laps will provide a superb link to motorsport\u2019s past that fans will assuredly enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2017 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion honors the Diamond Jubilee of Formula Junior and the 70th anniversary of Ferrari, as well as celebrating the 60th anniversary of the raceway itself. For additional information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.MazdaRaceway.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MazdaRaceway.com<\/a> or call the Ticket Office at 831-242-8200.<\/p>\n<p>[Source: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Formula One racing driver Jenson Button will get behind the wheel of Emerson Fittipaldi&#8217;s 1974 Formula One World Championship-winning McLaren M23 at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, scheduled for August 17-20, 2017 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca during the Monterey Car Week. For Button, who won the 2009 Formula One World Championship driving for Brawn GP, the Monterey event will mark his first outing in Formula 1 machinery since retiring at the end of 2016. \u201cIt\u2019s always special to drive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":645142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,13063],"tags":[432,16936,441,15234,16971],"class_list":["post-496487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-vintage-car-racing","tag-events","tag-festivals-shows","tag-monterey-car-week","tag-events-vintage-racing","tag-event-rolex-monterey-motorsports-reunion"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jenson Button to Drive McLaren M23 at 2017 Monterey Motorsports Reunion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jenson Button will drive a McLaren M23 at the 2017 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, scheduled for August 17-20 during the Monterey Car Week.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/jenson-button-mclaren-m23-monterey-reunion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jenson Button to Drive McLaren M23 at 2017 Monterey Motorsports Reunion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jenson Button will drive a McLaren M23 at the 2017 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, scheduled for August 17-20 during the Monterey Car Week.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/jenson-button-mclaren-m23-monterey-reunion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-04-10T13:00:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-11T23:52:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/348399.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sports Car Digest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/scardigest\/wp-content\/uploads\/20170331101459\/McLaren-M23.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sports Car Digest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/jenson-button-mclaren-m23-monterey-reunion\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/jenson-button-mclaren-m23-monterey-reunion\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sports Car Digest\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/188bd99a52d1e69543c54566c30e906b\"},\"headline\":\"Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion (2017) &#8211; 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