A detailed look at courageous British Formula 1 driver Jenson Button’s profile
British Formula 1 driver Jenson Button was born in Frome, Somerset in England on January 19, 1980. He is one of the most talented and courageous F1 drivers.
Just in the age of nine, he started kart racing and won the British Super Prix. In 1997, he took victory at Ayrton Senna Memorial Cup held at Suzuka and became the youngest ever driver to win the European Super A championship.
In the following year, he stood at second position in European Formula Ford championship and claimed victory in the British Formula Ford championship. In 1999, he came third in British F3 championship.
In 2000, he made his debut in F1 with Williams and secured eighth position in drivers’ standings after scoring12 points. Later in 2001, he had a struggling season with Benetton and could only score two points in all the races. In 2002, he improved his performance
and secured seventh position in the championship. Moreover, in the same year, Benetton was renamed to Renault.
In 2003, he moved to BAR and completely outperformed his teammate, Jacques Villeneuve. He took victories in the races in USA and Japan. Furthermore, he secured fourth place finish twice and came ninth in the drivers’ championship.
In subsequent season, he took his team’s maiden pole at Imola GP and showed impressive performances throughout the season. He managed to secure 10 podium finishes while scored in every race. Besides, he did not move to Williams due to a contract dispute
and continued with BAR for the next season.
In 2005, he stood at ninth position in the drivers’ standings and signed a new multi-year contract with Honda. In the next year, he took his first ever GP victory in Hungary and secured two podium finishes in Brazil and Malaysia. He finished at sixth place
and completely outclassed his teammate, Rubens Barrichello.
Later in 2007, he faced difficulties with the incompetency of his car RA107 and struggled throughout the season to stay amongst the teams in the midfield. However, he dominated his teammate, Barrichello regardless of the issues he was encountered with. In
2008, he suffered again with the incapable car and could only score 3 points.
Honda was rebranded to Brawn GP in 2009 and the Briton’s decision to stay with the team finally proved out to be a great success as he was able to claim the world championship title after taking victories in six of the first seven races. Furthermore, at
the end of season he moved to McLaren for 2010.
In the first season with the Woking based team he won two of the first four Grands Prix and came fifth in the overall standings. In 2011, he emerged as a leading star and secured second position in the championship after winning three races and securing
nine podium finishes.
In this season, he is at fourth position in the drivers’ championship so far with 43 points following the Australian driver, Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing.
He took an amazing victory in the season opener held at Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia after and secured second podium finish in the third race at Shanghai International Circuit in China. Contrarily, he could not score even a single point in the second
race at Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia and fourth race at Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir.
Nevertheless, he is trying his best to improve his pace in the upcoming races and his hopes are high for the season ahead.
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