Jenson Button is on the verge of quitting his 16-year career in Formula One after a disastrous final season.

Button is said to have made up his mind to take the decision into his own hands to walk away from the struggling McLaren Honda team. Jessica, his wife, and Richard Goddard, his close friend and manager, are said to have been instrumental in the decision, which could be announced within days.

At 35, friends say the 2009 world champion believes he has nothing left to prove and faces only frustration ahead if he stays with the woeful McLaren Honda partnership. The Briton has a queue of offers already to compete in the burgeoning World Sportscars series and he has refused to deny speculation that he