Button and Kobayashi head to Suzuka

Jenson Button and Le Mans track record holder Kamui Kobayashi will headline the 46th Suzuka 1000km race which takes place next week.

The event will be the final running of the famous endurance race which will see Button share a Team Mugen NSX-GT with Hideki Mutok and Daisuke Nakajima.

Kobayashi, a former Sauber and Caterham driver in F1, will be racing a Lexus Team LC500 alongside Yuhi Sekiguchi and Yuji Kunimoto.

A popular figure in Japan, Jenson Button always attracts attention in the country of the rising sun and at Suzuka where the Brit even has his own fan store which stocks everything from glove puppets to iPhone covers celebrating the 37-year-old's racing career.