Button makes wheel-for-shoes swap and runs for admirable goal

The British driver, currently competing in the World Endurance Championship for Cadillac Hertz Team Jota, is training for a new challenge.

The 2009 Formula 1 world champion will compete at a Hyrox event, he shared this in a video on social media.

"As it's coming to the end of my professional racing career, I thought I needed a new challenge," Button began.

The Brit will not take on this challenge alone. "I'm doing it in doubles with a friend of mine called Nano. He's an ex-professional soccer player, so he knows a bit about training. Probably a little bit more than me."

Hyrox is a physical fitness test in which participants alternate running with eight tasks: SkiErg, sled push, sled pull, burpee broad jumps, rowing, farmer’s carry, sandbag lunges, and wall balls.

"The only issue is I decided I wanted to do Anaheim as it's quite close to home, and they only had Pro Division left. So it's basically like a complete amateur getting into an F1 car and racing against the best," Button added.

“We're doing it for a really good charity, which is Women's Empowerment," he explained.

He concluded with a call to action, and explained he will be documenting his progress through the Hyrox challenge.

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