| Name | Jenson Button |  |
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| Nationality |  |
British | |
| Date of Birth | 1980 | ||
| Drivers championships | 2009 | ||
| Grand Prix victories | 9 | ||
| Teams | McLaren 2010 | ||
| Brawn 2009 | |||
Honda 2003 - 2008 |
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BAR 2003 - 2005 |
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Renault 2002 |
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Benetton 2001 |
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Williams 2000 |
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Initially brought into F1 by Frank Williams, after a year Jenson Button moved the then struggling Benetton team. Jenson had more success when Renault took control in 2002 before he moved to BAR in 2003. A third place in the drivers championship came in 2004, although his first race win did not come until the middle of the 2006 season. He stayed with the team as it became Honda, but the team had limited success. With the demise of the Honda team, it looked like he would have no drive for 2009, however Ross Brawn bought the team and Button won the teams first race. The new Brawn team have continued their strong start with Jenson Button winning 6 of the first 7 races of the season. Although not as dominant in the second half of the season, Jenson Button took the Drivers Championship with with race to spare and Brawn GP won the constructors title in their first season in F1. At the end of 2009 when the Brawn team had been sold to Mercedes Jenson Buuton decied to leave and join McLaren. He was awarded an MBE in 2010. He won his second race for McLaren in Australia.
Year |
Team |
Points |
Position |
2010 |
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95 |
1 |
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3 |
18 |
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6 |
14 |
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56 |
6 |
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37 |
9 |
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85 |
3 |
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17 |
9 |
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14 |
7 |
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2 |
17 |
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12 |
8 |