Jenson Button

Jenson Alexander Lyons Button, also known as JB (born January 19, 1980 in Frome, Somerset, England, United Kingdom), is a racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2000 to 2016, and did one race in 2017.^[1] He was the 2009 Formula One World Champion, driving for Brawn GP. His car number is 22.

Formula One CareerEdit

He made his début in 2000 after winning a "shoot-out" with Bruno Junqueira for the second Williams seat. Despite having a strong season, he was replaced by Juan Pablo Montoya for 2001 and moved to Benetton. A difficult season followed, but he stayed on for 2002, where the car (now a Renault) was much stronger and Button finished as best of the drivers who were not from the top three teams. He was replaced by Fernando Alonso for 2003, and Button moved to BAR. He had a good first season with the team, even leading the race in Indianapolis for 15 laps.

2004 was Button's best season to date. With a fantastic car, Button finished the season in third place in the drivers' championship, behind the two Ferrari drivers, taking four second places and six third places in the process. The next season, 2005, was a relative disappointment, Button not scoring until the tenth round. BAR were even banned for two races for illegally using fuel as ballast at the San Marino Grand Prix. However, Button scored points in the final ten races to finish very strongly. In 2006, the team, now Honda, produced another strong car, and Button took his maiden victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix. However, the next two years were awful for Button. In 2007, Button only scored points in three races; in 2008, Button only got one sixth place.

2009 was very much different. Honda pulled out of F1, and Button and teammate Rubens Barrichello were unlikely to appear on the grid. That was until a management buyout by team principal, Ross Brawn, saved the team. The car, the BGP 001, was surprisingly nearly a second quicker than the opposition in testing. Button won six of the first seven races to take a lead in the championship which no-one could close down, despite Button only scoring two more podiums, one after having secured the title in Brazil. Mercedes decided to buyout the Brawn team, and Button, in search of a new challenge, joined McLaren. Button started with two wins in his first four races for the team, but did not win any other races in 2010, but he did achieve five other podiums on his way to fifth place in the championship.

In 2011, Button had a much stronger season. After three podiums in the first six races, Button won the Canadian Grand Prix, despite collisions with teammate Lewis Hamilton and Alonso (the latter of which gave Button a puncture) and a drive-through penalty, leaving him last with over twenty laps to go. After two retirements, Button finished very strongly, winning in Hungary on his 200th start and in Japan along with six other podiums in the last nine races to come second in the championship.

Button started 2012 with a win at the first race, the Australian Grand Prix. However, Button did not do very well until the tenth race, Germany, where he came second after Sebastian Vettel's penalty. He then won in Belgium, leading every lap from pole. Button scored points in most of the remaining races, finishing second in Singapore and winning the final race of the season in Brazil, finishing fifth in the championship.

2013 was not a success for the British driver. The MP4-28 was not as good as expected and Button failed to score a single podium, his best result being a fourth place at the final race of the season.

It was announced by McLaren on 11 December 2014 that he would stay with the team for 2015 and 2016.

On 3 September 2016, McLaren confirmed that Button would be replaced by their 2016 reserve driver Stoffel Vandoorne for 2017, but that Button would remain as an ambassador and reserve driver for 2017 and 2018.^[2][3][4]

On 14 April 2017, McLaren announced that he would race for the team at the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix, following news of Alonso missing the Grand Prix to participate in the Indianapolis 500.^[1]

After the end of the 2017 season, McLaren confirmed Button's role as reserve driver to be replaced by Lando Norris for 2018.^[5]

Formula One Statistical OverviewEdit

Formula One RecordEdit

Year	Entrant	Team	WDC Points	WDC Pos.	Report
2000	BMW WilliamsF1 Team	Williams-BMW	12	8th	Report
2001	Mild Seven Benetton Renault	Benetton-Renault	2	17th	Report
2002	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault	14	7th	Report
2003	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	BAR-Honda	17	9th	Report
2004	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	BAR-Honda	85	3rd	Report
2005	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	BAR-Honda	37	9th	Report
2006	Lucky Strike Honda Racing F1 Team	Honda	56	6th	Report
2007	Honda Racing F1 Team	Honda	6	15th	Report
2008	Honda Racing F1 Team	Honda	3	18th	Report
2009	Brawn GP F1 Team	Brawn-Mercedes	95	1st	Report
2010	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	214	5th	Report
2011	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	270	2nd	Report
2012	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	188	5th	Report
2013	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	73	9th	Report
2014	McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	126	8th	Report
2015	McLaren Honda	McLaren-Honda	16	16th	Report
2016	McLaren Honda	McLaren-Honda	21	15th	Report
2017	McLaren Honda	McLaren-Honda	Reserve Driver
			0	–	Report

Career StatisticsEdit

Race WinsEdit

Career ResultsEdit

Complete Formula One results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Pts	Pos
2000																						12	8th
	Ret	6th	Ret	5th	17th [6]	10th [6]	Ret	11th	8th	5th	4th	9th	5th	Ret	Ret	5th	Ret
2001																						2	17th
	14th [6]	11th	10th	12th	15th	Ret	7th	Ret	13th	16th [6]	15th	5th	Ret	Ret	Ret	9th	7th
2002																						14	7th
	Ret	4th	4th	5th	12th [6]	7th	Ret	15th [6]	5th	12th [6]	6th	Ret	Ret	Ret	5th	8th	6th
2003																						17	9th
	10th	7th	Ret	8th	9th	4th	DNS	Ret	7th	Ret	8th	8th	10th	Ret	Ret	4th
2004																						85	3rd
	6th	3rd	3rd	2nd	8th	2nd	3rd	3rd	Ret	5th	4th	2nd	5th	Ret	3rd	2nd	3rd	Ret
2005																						37	9th
	11th [6]	Ret	Ret	DSQ			10th	Ret	DNS	4th	5th	3rd	5th	5th	8th	3rd	7th	5th	8th
2006																						56	6th
	4th	3rd	10th [6]	7th	Ret	6th	11th	Ret	9th	Ret	Ret	4th	1st	4th	5th	4th	4th	3rd
2007																						6	15th
	15th	12th	Ret	12th	11th	Ret	12th	8th	10th	Ret	Ret	13th	8th	Ret	11th [6]	5th	Ret
2008																						3	18th
	Ret	10th	Ret	6th	11th	11th	11th	Ret	Ret	17th	12th	13th	15th	15th	9th	14th	16th	13th
2009																						95	1st
	1st	1st [7]	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	6th	5th	7th	7th	Ret	2nd	5th	8th	5th	3rd
2010																						214	5th
	7th	1st	8th	1st	5th	Ret	2nd	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	8th	Ret	2nd	4th	4th	12th	5th	3rd
2011																						270	2nd
	C	6th	2nd	4th	6th	3rd	3rd	1st	6th	Ret	Ret	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd	1st	4th	2nd	3rd	3rd
2012																						188	5th
	1st	14th	2nd	18th [6]	9th	16th [6]	16th	8th	10th	2nd	6th	1st	Ret	2nd	4th	Ret	5th	4th	5th	1st
2013																						73	9th
	9th	17th [6]	5th	10th	8th	6th	12th	13th	6th	7th	6th	10th	7th	8th	9th	14th	12th	10th	4th
2014																						126	8th
	3rd	6th	17th	11th	11th	6th	4th	11th	4th	8th	10th	6th	8th	Ret	6th	4th	12th	4th	5th
2015																						16	16th
	11th	Ret	14th	DNS	16th	8th	Ret	Ret	Ret	9th	14th	14th	Ret	16th	9th	6th	14th	14th	12th
2016																						21	15th
	14th	Ret	13th	10th	9th	9th	Ret	11th	6th	12th	Ret	8th	Ret	12th	Ret	9th	18th	9th	12th	16th	Ret
2017																						0	–
						Ret

NotesEdit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Jenson Button to race at Monaco for McLaren-Honda". 14 April 2017. http://www.mclaren.com/formula1/inside-the-mtc/jenson-button-to-race-at-monaco-for-mclaren-honda/. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
2. ↑ "McLaren-Honda announces innovative three-driver strategy". mclaren.com (McLaren). 3 September 2016. http://www.mclaren.com/formula1/team/mclaren-honda-announces-innovative-three-driver-strategy/. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
3. ↑ "Vandoorne to partner Alonso at McLaren in 2017 as Button steps back". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 3 September 2016. http://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2016/9/button-steps-back-vandoorne-partner-alonso-mclaren-2017.html. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
4. ↑ "Button: I'm definitely not retiring". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 3 September 2016. http://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2016/9/f1-button-definitely-not-retiring.html. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
5. ↑ "Jenson Button has been 'brilliant' for McLaren, says Eric Boullier". 17 November 2017. http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/11128955/jenson-button-has-been-brilliant-for-mclaren-says-eric-boullier. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
6. ↑ ^{6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12} Did not finish, but completed over 90% of the race-winner's distance and was classified.
7. ↑ Race stopped after 31/56 Laps. Half points awarded

External linksEdit

• Official Website
• Wikipedia article

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