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Nationality BritishFormula One World Championship careerCurrent team
Brawn-
MercedesCar #22Races159 (157 starts)
Championships0Wins4Podiums19Career points263
Pole positions5
Fastest laps1First race
2000 Australian Grand PrixFirst win
2006 Hungarian Grand PrixLast win
2009 Bahrain Grand PrixLast race
2009 Bahrain Grand Prix2008 position18th (3 points)Jenson Alexander Lyons Button (born 19 January 1980) is a
British Formula One racing driver from
England. He currently drives for the
Brawn GP team. He won his first Grand Prix in
Hungary, on 6 August 2006 after 113 races.
[1] His next win did not come until 2009, when he won three of the first four races of the
2009 season.Contents[
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1 Early life 2 Racing career 2.1 Karting 2.2 Formula Ford 2.3 Formula Three 2.4 Formula One 2.4.1 2000: Williams 2.4.2 2001: Benetton 2.4.3 2002: Renault 2.4.4 2003-2005: BAR 2.4.4.1 2003 2.4.4.2 2004 2.4.4.3 2005 2.4.5 2006-2008: Honda 2.4.5.1 2006 2.4.5.2 2007 2.4.5.3 2008 2.4.6 2009: Brawn GP 3 Racing record 3.1 Career summary 3.2 Complete Formula One results 4 Personal life 5 References 6 External links [
edit] Early life
John ButtonJenson Button was born in
Frome,
Somerset,
[2] and went to Selwood Middle School and then Frome community college. He is the son of Simone Lyons and former
Rallycross ace
John Button from London (during the 1970s well-known in the UK for his so-called Colorado beetle
Volkswagen, whose best overall results was to become the runner-up in both the Embassy/
RAC-MSA British Rallycross and TEAC/
Lydden Rallycross championships of the year 1976)
[3] and named after the car marque
Jensen. Jenson Button’s parents are divorced, and he has three older sisters, Tania Katrina (born 1967), Samantha Chantal (born 1970) and Natasha Michelle (born 1973) Button.
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