Jenson Button
Race car driver, Award Winner
1980 –
Who is Jenson Button?
Jenson Alexander Lyons Button, MBE is a British Formula One driver from England currently signed to McLaren. He was the 2009 Formula One World Champion, driving for Brawn GP.
Button began karting at the age of eight and achieved early success, before progressing to car racing in the British Formula Ford Championship and the British Formula Three Championship. He first drove in Formula One with Williams F1 for the 2000 season. The following year he switched to Benetton, which in 2002 became Renault, and then for the 2003 season he moved to BAR. In 2004 he finished 3rd in the World Drivers' Championship, with only the two Ferraris ahead of him. BAR were subsequently renamed Honda for the 2006 season, during which Button won his first Grand Prix in Hungary, after 113 races.
Following the withdrawal of Honda from the sport in December 2008, he was left without a drive for the 2009 season, until Ross Brawn led a management buyout of the team in February 2009, and Button suddenly found himself in a highly competitive, Mercedes-engined car.
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- Born
- Jan 19, 1980
Frome - Also known as
- Баттон, Дженсон
- 简森·巴顿
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- England
- Profession
- Education
- Frome Community College
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on July 23, 2013
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