Jenson Button

British racing driver

Jenson Alexander Lyons Button, MBE (born 19 January 1980[1] in Frome, Somerset) is a British Formula One driver currently signed to McLaren Mercedes. Button won the Formula One World Drivers' Champion in 2009. His father John Button (1943–2014) was a racing driver.

Jenson Button
Jenson Button, British GP 2018
Born (1980-01-19) 19 January 1980 (age 44)
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityBritish
Entries202 (200 starts)
Championships1 (2009)
Wins11
Podiums36
Career points675
Pole positions7
Fastest laps4
First entry2000 Australian Grand Prix
First win2006 Hungarian Grand Prix
Last win2011 Japanese Grand Prix
Last entry2011 Brazilian Grand Prix
2010 position5th (214 points)

Formula One

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In 2000, Button joined the BMW WilliamsF1 Team at the age of 20, with Ralf Schumacher. He became the youngest driver to score a point at the Brazilian Grand Prix. He scored points six times during 2000, his highest place finish being in Germany where he finished fourth. His highest place on the grid for the start of the race was 3rd position in Belgium. He scored 12 points that year, and finished 8th in the championship.

In 2001, he changed teams to the Benetton team, and raced alongside Giancarlo Fisichella. He did not have much success. His best finish was 5th place at Hockenheim. Some people thought that Button would move teams because of his bad results, but stayed at the team for 2002, which was now called Renault. His results were much better than in 2001, scoring in the points many times and doing better than his teammate Jarno Trulli. He almost scored a podium result in Barcelona, but could not finish the race. Even though Button was doing well, Briatore signed Fernando Alonso for 2003, and Button had to find a new team. In July 2002, he signed for the BAR team, and would race with Jacques Villeneuve, who won the championship in 1997. Button finished the season in seventh with fourteen points, just ahead of Trulli.

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
1998 British Formula Ford Championship Haywood Racing 15 7 9 7 12 133 1st
Formula Ford Festival 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st
1999 British Formula Three Promatecme UK 16 3 4 4 7 168 3rd
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
Korea Super Prix 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
Belgian Procar BMW FINA Team Rafanelli 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2000 Formula One BMW WilliamsF1 Team 17 0 0 0 0 12 8th
2001 Formula One Mild Seven Benetton Renault 17 0 0 0 0 2 17th
2002 Formula One Mild Seven Renault F1 Team 17 0 0 0 0 14 7th
2003 Formula One Lucky Strike BAR Honda 15 0 0 0 0 17 9th
2004 Formula One Lucky Strike BAR Honda 18 0 1 0 10 85 3rd
2005 Formula One Lucky Strike BAR Honda 16 0 1 0 2 37 9th
2006 Formula One Lucky Strike Honda Racing F1 Team 18 1 1 0 3 56 6th
2007 Formula One Honda Racing F1 Team 17 0 0 0 0 6 15th
2008 Formula One Honda Racing F1 Team 18 0 0 0 0 3 18th
2009 Formula One Brawn GP F1 Team 17 6 4 2 9 95 1st
2010 Formula One Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 19 2 0 1 7 214 5th
2011 Formula One Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 11 2 0 1 5 134* 5th*

* Season in progress.

Complete Formula One results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 WDC Points
2000 BMW WilliamsF1 Team Williams FW22 BMW E41 3.0 V10 AUS
Ret
BRA
6
SMR
Ret
GBR
5
ESP
17
EUR
10
MON
Ret
CAN
11
FRA
8
AUT
5
GER
4
HUN
9
BEL
5
ITA
Ret
USA
Ret
JPN
5
MAL
Ret
8th 12
2001 Mild Seven Benetton Renault Benetton B201 Renault RS21 3.0 V10 AUS
Ret
MAL
11
BRA
10
SMR
12
ESP
15
AUT
Ret
MON
7
CAN
Ret
EUR
13
FRA
16
GBR
15
GER
5
HUN
Ret
BEL
Ret
ITA
Ret
USA
9
JPN
7
17th 2
2002 Mild Seven Renault F1 Team Renault R202 Renault RS22 3.0 V10 AUS
Ret
MAL
4
BRA
4
SMR
5
ESP
12
AUT
7
MON
Ret
CAN
15
EUR
5
GBR
12
FRA
6
GER
Ret
HUN
Ret
BEL
Ret
ITA
5
USA
8
JPN
6
7th 14
2003 Lucky Strike BAR Honda BAR 005 Honda RA003E 3.0 V10 AUS
10
MAL
7
BRA
Ret
SMR
8
ESP
9
AUT
4
MON
DNS
CAN
Ret
EUR
7
FRA
Ret
GBR
8
GER
8
HUN
10
ITA
Ret
USA
Ret
JPN
4
9th 17
2004 Lucky Strike BAR Honda BAR 006 Honda RA004E 3.0 V10 AUS
6
MAL
3
BHR
3
SMR
2
ESP
8
MON
2
EUR
3
CAN
3
USA
Ret
FRA
5
GBR
4
GER
2
HUN
5
BEL
Ret
ITA
3
CHN
2
JPN
3
BRA
Ret
3rd 85
2005 Lucky Strike BAR Honda BAR 007 Honda RA005E 3.0 V10 AUS
11
MAL
Ret
BHR
Ret
SMR
DSQ
ESP MON EUR
10
CAN
Ret
USA
DNS
FRA
4
GBR
5
GER
3
HUN
5
TUR
5
ITA
8
BEL
3
BRA
7
JPN
5
CHN
8
9th 37
2006 Lucky Strike Honda
Racing F1 Team
Honda RA106 Honda RA806E 2.4 V8 BHR
4
MAL
3
AUS
10
SMR
7
EUR
Ret
ESP
6
MON
11
GBR
Ret
CAN
9
USA
Ret
FRA
Ret
GER
4
HUN
1
TUR
4
ITA
5
CHN
4
JPN
4
BRA
3
6th 56
2007 Honda Racing F1 Team Honda RA107 Honda RA807E 2.4 V8 AUS
15
MAL
12
BHR
Ret
ESP
12
MON
11
CAN
Ret
USA
12
FRA
8
GBR
10
EUR
Ret
HUN
Ret
TUR
13
ITA
8
BEL
Ret
JPN
11
CHN
5
BRA
Ret
15th 6
2008 Honda Racing F1 Team Honda RA108 Honda RA808E 2.4 V8 AUS
Ret
MAL
10
BHR
Ret
ESP
6
TUR
11
MON
11
CAN
11
FRA
Ret
GBR
Ret
GER
17
HUN
12
EUR
13
BEL
15
ITA
15
SIN
9
JPN
14
CHN
16
BRA
13
18th 3
2009 Brawn GP F1 Team Brawn BGP 001 Mercedes FO 108W 2.4 V8 AUS
1
MAL
1
CHN
3
BHR
1
ESP
1
MON
1
TUR
1
GBR
6
GER
5
HUN
7
EUR
7
BEL
Ret
ITA
2
SIN
5
JPN
8
BRA
5
ABU
3
1st 95
2010 Vodafone
McLaren Mercedes
McLaren MP4-25 Mercedes FO 108X 2.4 V8 BHR
7
AUS
1
MAL
8
CHN
1
ESP
5
MON
Ret
TUR
2
CAN
2
EUR
3
GBR
4
GER
5
HUN
8
BEL
Ret
ITA
2
SIN
4
JPN
4
KOR
12
BRA
5
ABU
3
5th 214
2011 Vodafone
McLaren Mercedes
McLaren MP4-26 Mercedes FO 108Y 2.4 V8 AUS
6
MAL
2
CHN
4
TUR
6
ESP
3
MON
3
CAN
1
EUR
6
GBR
Ret
GER
Ret
HUN
1
BEL ITA SIN JPN KOR IND ABU BRA 5th* 134*

* Season in progress.
Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

References

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  1. The Times Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine 19 January 2009, Retrieved 2010-01-09

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