F1 convert Button still has 'no idea' about rallycross after test
Formula 1 convert Jenson Button admits his Honda rallycross test last week showed he had "no idea" about loose-surface driving at present


The 2009 F1 world champion has long cited rallycross - the discipline in which his father John competed - as a career ambition.
Button said last year that America's Global Rallycross Championship and Super GT's Suzuka 1000kms were his most likely race possibilities for 2017 now he has stepped down from his McLaren F1 race seat.
But he conceded his test in OlsbergMSE's Honda Civic GRC car in Florida last week had been an eye-opener.
"I want to have a bit more of a relaxed year, on my terms," said Button.
"I'd love to race in something - there's a good chance I'll do Super GT, one race in Japan at Suzuka. And I'd like to do some rallycross.
"But there is so much I've got to learn. The stuff that's on the concrete, I can deal with, but as soon as you get onto that dirty stuff - I have no idea!
"It was a great experience, and hopefully in the future, yeah, I'd love to race. But there's so much to learn.
"But that makes it so exciting, that's why I stayed in F1 - because there's always more to learn. Hopefully it's the same with rallycross."

Button also joked that the rallycross test had just been practice for the weekend's Race of Champions in Miami, where the machinery included cars from the GRC's supporting Supercar Lites category.
He reached the quarter-final stage of the individual RoC competition before being eliminated by nine-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Tom Kristensen.
Button had previously tested rallycross machinery for a BBC television feature in 2015, when he drove both the JRM Mini World Rallycross car and a classic Volkswagen Beetle at Lydden Hill with David Coulthard alongside him.
"I've never seen anyone so scared in my entire life as [Coulthard] sat next to me in a 600-horsepower, two-wheel drive VW Beetle in the wet at Lydden Hill," Button added.

Jenson Button tests Honda Civic rallycross car in America
Petter Solberg has first Volkswagen Polo World Rallycross test

Latest news
WRX Hell: Kristoffersson wins opener at start of electric era
Johan Kristoffersson became the inaugural winner in the World Rallycross Championship’s electric era at Hell in Norway.
Delayed 2022 electric World RX season to begin in Norway in August
The World Rallycross Championship's electric era will start at Norway's Hell track on 13-14 August after delays to allow teams to ready their new cars.
Kristoffersson to defend World Rallycross title with Volkswagen at start of electric era
Johan Kristoffersson will defend his World Rallycross title in 2022 with the Kristoffersson Motorsport-run team switching to a Volkswagen entry, as the series prepares for its electric era.
Kristoffersson crowned 2021 WRX champion tied on points
Johan Kristoffersson claimed his fourth World Rallycross Championship after ending the 2021 campaign tied on points with Timmy Hansen.
From Lebanon to cross-category world titles - a rally legend's top 10
Petter Solberg has called time on his top-flight career after winning titles in two FIA world championships. Here, the 2003 rally and '14/15 rallycross king recalls his 10 best events - including the moment where all his success began
How to make an F1 venue fit for World RX
World Rallycross makes its first appearance at Silverstone this year as part of the 'Speedmachine' festival in May. We take a look at how the new rallycross track fared in its debut event
Volkswagen hasn't disappeared completely
Volkswagen's abrupt departure from the World Rally Championship it was dominating was one of the winter's biggest shocks. Now 2003 WRC champion Petter Solberg's World Rallycross team has VW support. What does that mean for World RX and what remains of Volkswagen Motorsport?
Why rallycross is becoming irresistible
Sebastien Loeb started a new journey in his motorsport career last weekend, but he wasn't the only attraction in Portugal. DAVID EVANS examines why the World Rallycross product works so well
The entries are strong, the cars are powerful and it can teach the WRC a thing or two about promotion. But after visiting the Lydden Hill round, DAVID EVANS still has his doubts
New rallycross golden age comes to Britain
The sport began at Lydden in the late 1960s and this weekend the new-look World Rallycross Championship will strut its stuff at the Kent venue. HAL RIDGE explains why it will be unmissable
Solberg: why rallycross is my future
PETTER SOLBERG had a rough first season back in rallycross, but that hasn't deterred him from signing up for the first year of its new era in 2014, as he explains in his AUTOSPORT column
Petter Solberg says that there's still lots to learn about running a successful rallycross campaign, but he's really enjoying getting back to his roots