Jenson Button Profile
Team: Vodafone Mclaren Mercedes
Nationality: British
Bate of Birth: 19 January 1980
Married: Single
Starts: 208 (World Champion 2009)
Wins: 12 First Win - Hungary 2006
Poles: 7 (First Pole - San Marino 2003)
Fastest Laps: 6
Points: 811
Debut: Australian GP (Melbourne) 2000
Driven For: Williams (2000), Benetton (2001), Renault (2002), BAR (2003-05), HONDA (2006-08), Brawn GP (2009), Mclaren (2010-12)
Biography:
Jenson Alexander Lyons Button was born on January 19 1908 to parents John Button and Simone Lyons in Frome, Somerset, in the west of England. He was the last of four children, with three older sisters named Tania, Samantha and Natasha, and attended local schools Selwood Middle School and Frome Community College. He currently lives in Monaco and is a talented triathlon competitor in addition to his F1 skills. In common with Lewis Hamilton, he says that he would have wanted to be a sportsman in another discipline if he hadn’t made it as a racing driver.
enson Button contested the British Formula Ford Championship with Haywood Racing, aged 18, and tool the title with nine race wins. He also took victory in the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch, ahead of future Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon. At the end of 1998 he won the annual McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver Award. His prize included a test in a McLaren Formula One car, which he received at the end of the following year.
John Button is his father and he is famous for being in the past a Rallycross ace. His parents got divorced and he has three siblings. In 1988 he received a kart from his father and this way started his career. He began loving cars and soon he realized he would like to have a career.
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