Jenson Button has apologised for his 'moods and boobs' comments insisting that the quotes in an interview with mens magazine FHM were taken out of context and weren't an indication of his views on women in motorsport.

The offending comments were related to quotes which saw Button joke that 'one week of the month you wouldn't want to be on the circuit with them' and that 'a girl with big boobs would never be comfortable in the car and the mechanics wouldn't be able to concentrate.'

However, in a statement on his own personal website, Button said his comments had been taken out of context and hadn't been meant to cause offence.

"I would like to say that the comments printed, as I am sure some of you realise, have been taken out of context and written in a way which implies that what has been written is a serious response to women competing in F1, which of course is not the case," Button said.

"The article is from FHM and in that article you will see that I talk about Danica Patrick and how great she is on the Indy circuit. I have a huge amount of respect for her, I have a huge amount of respect for anybody competing in motorsport as I know how tough it is, be it women or men.

"My comments were made in pure jest during a moment of male banter, and I sincerely regret that so few words, and more importantly the way in which they were written, have caused anybody any offence.

"For anyone this has upset, and I hope that is not too many of you, I apologise."