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  • Button: World championship, here I come

    We’ve read a lot about the importance of unshakeable optimism and self-belief among professional athletes and sports stars – but this takes some beating.

    Archive, F1
    Formula One, Honda, Jenson Button, KERS, Ross Brawn, Rubens Barrichello

  • RoC: Button will be there

    Jenson Button has confirmed that he will be taking part in the Race of Champions at Wembley Stadium in December.

    Archive, Events, F1
    David Coulthard, Jenson Button, Michael Schumacher, Race of Champions, Sebastian Vettel, Wembley Stadium

  • F1: the unshakeable sureness of Button

    The Guardian has decided to think outside the box today and do a welcome profile of the one British F1 driver who’s getting rather less attention than the other two – Jenson Button.

    Archive, F1
    Honda, Jenson Button, Maurice Hamilton, Nick Fry, Ross Brawn

  • F1: Fan helps Jenson fly the flag at Silverstone

    More than 7000 fans of Jenson Button submitted entries in a competition on his website to design a helmet for him to wear at the British Grand Prix.

    Archive, Competitions, F1
    British Grand Prix, Jenson Button

  • Hamilton ducks Button’s triathlon challenge

    “He’s throwing down a man challenge – you can’t turn down a man challenge,” warned David Coulthard when Jenson Button suggested Lewis Hamilton take him on in a triathlon for charity. Unfortunately, he did

    Archive, Uncategorized
    David Coulthard, Formula One, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton

  • F1: Button and Hamilton warn of weather carnage at Monaco

    The notorious Monaco circuit, which has no room for error. A number of rookies. The removal of traction control and now a good possibility of rain. Three drivers busting up their cars before practice was even completed. No wonder Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton are expecting trouble. Monaco five-day forecast from the BBC is available…

    Archive, F1
    Formula One, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, weather reports

  • Interview round-up: Carroll, Kerr, Davidson, Button and Wilson

    The last few days has seen a spate of interesting interviews with British drivers across the different series of world open-wheel racing, from A1GP to IndyCar by way of Formula One.

    Archive, Uncategorized

  • F1: Brawn and Button break silence on Honda’s prospects

    Ross Brawn has emerged into the light to give fans of his Honda team an insight into what they might expect from the new racing season. The team maintained an unaccustomed silence throughout much of winter testing, issuing few daily statements on its progress. Well, that’s all over now. Brawn, the new team principal, has…

    Archive, F1

  • F1: Button wants a 2009 title shot

    We’ve a hunch, here at Brits on Pole, that we are currently looking at the definitive turning point in Jenson Button’s career. In a year or two, we suspect, we’ll know whether his recent statements about how Honda should be aiming for a title in 2009 were right on the nail, or whether he was…

    Archive, F1

  • F1: Button insists British GP must stay

    Jenson Button has come to the defence of Silverstone’s ailing reputation following the latest salvo by Bernie Ecclestone in his long campaign for improvements there. He said it was essential that the Northamptonshire venue should continue to host a Formula One race, going so far as to say that he could not understand why its…

    Archive, F1

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