Jenson Button apologised to the McLaren Formula 1 team after damaging his car in a bizarre crash with Pascal 𒉰Wehrlein during Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix, but was otherwise happy with his one-off comeback.

Button r🐼eturned to a McLaren race seat for Monaco following Fernando Alonso's decision to race in the Indianapolis 500, with his first run in the McLaren-Honda MCL32 coming on Thursday in practi🐻ce.

Button qualified ninth on Saturday, but dropped to the back of the grid due to an engine penalty, with McLaren opting to start th﷽e 2009 world champion from the pit lane.

Button spent the entirety of his race battling with Sauber🙈's Pascal Wehrleinꦏ, only for both to retire following a clash at Portier that saw the latter's car tip onto its side against the wall.

"As a racing driver it's difficult to run around near the back and not ha🌸ve a go," Button said, having called the race "painful" at one point through team radio.

"I had a go and it didn't work out. Sorry to the team for even more dama💯ge this weekend after [Stoffel Vandoorne's] crash in qualifying, my incident now. Sorry for that. It's difficult to hold back.

"But ye𒁃sterday was awesome, I had a lot of good memꦬories."

While Button confirmed he'll be back in the paddock later this year, he strꦓessed that it would not be as a racing driver.

"You'lꦇl definitely see me at other races but I won't be driving, no," he said.