Jenson Button, Jessica Michibata reportedly split
Formula One World Champion Jenson Button has broken up with his model girlfriend Jessica Michibata, British tabloid media reported Friday.
Button, 30, decided to end the 18-month relationship with Michibata, 25, just after the Monaco Grand Prix due to problems in maintaining a long distance relationship, according to the Sun newspaper. “Jenson is single again. He and Jessica have gone their separate ways,” the paper quoted his spokesperson as saying.
In another report, the Daily Mail quoted a friend of Button as saying: “Jenson had a great time with Jessica and it looked like things were moving in the right direction. But the logistics took their toll. With her living in Tokyo and him all around the world to races, it has been very tough. She was constantly flying out to meet him. And whenever there was a race in her part of the world, he’d fit a visit to Tokyo into his schedule. But it’s impossible to maintain that in the long term.”
Button is currently in Istanbul preparing for Sunday’s Turkish Grand Prix.
Source: JapanToday