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Button Finished His Impressive Debut Season In Eighth Place With 12 Points

His prize included a test in a McLaren Formula One car, which he received at the end of the following year. However, he performed strongly in the race and was set to score a point before his engine failed 11 laps from the finish. Button finished his impressive debut season in eighth place with 12 points (Ralf Schumacher finished fifth with 24).

Jenson Button Finished Fifth And Second Respectively In The Marlboro Masters And Macau

Button began karting at the age of eight and achieved early success, before progressing to car racing in the British Formula Ford Championship and the British Formula Three Championship. They were subsequently renamed Honda for the 2006 season, during which Button won his first Grand Prix in Hungary, after 113 races. He went on to win a record-equalling six of the first seven races of the 2009 season, securing the World Drivers’ Championship at the Brazilian Grand Prix, having led on points all season; his success also helped Brawn GP to secure the World Constructors’ Championship. He was named after his father’s friend Erling Jensen, changing the “e” to an “o” to differentiate it from Jensen Motors. He failed his first driving test for getting too close to a parked vehicle. Aged 18, Button moved into car racing, winning the British Formula Ford Championship with Haywood Racing; he also triumphed in the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch. His prize included a test in a McLaren Formula One car, which he received at the end of the following year. He finished fifth and second respectively in the Marlboro Masters and Macau Grand Prix, losing out by 0.035 seconds to winner Darren Manning in the latter.

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Jenson Alexander Lyons Button MBE (born 19 January 1980) is a British Formula One driver currently signed to McLaren. He was the 2009 World Drivers’ Champion. Button began karting at the age of eight and achieved early success, before progressing to car racing in the British Formula Ford Championship and the British Formula Three Championship. He is the fourth child of South African-born Simone Lyons and former Rallycross driver John Button, who was well-known in the UK during the 1970s for his so-called Colorado Beetle Volkswagen. in 1997, he won the Ayrton Senna Memorial Cup, and also became the youngest driver ever to win the European Super A Championship. Button entered the British Formula Three Championship in 1999, with the Promatecme team. A vacant race seat became available at the Williams team, following the departure of Alex Zanardi, and team boss Frank Williams arranged a ‘shoot-out’ test between Button and Formula 3000 racer Bruno Junqueira, with Button securing the drive.

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