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  • F1: Button puts in personal best and raises £17k in London Triathlon

    Jenson Button put in a superb performance in the weekend’s London Triathlon, recording a time that was a personal best and in the range of the elite athletes taking part, as well as raising £17,000 for his chosen charity.

    Archive, Events
    Jenson Button

  • Button helps Bridgestone listen to drivers’ grumbles

    F1 championship leader Jenson Button took questions from fans and set a time for them to beat in a driving simulator when he helped Bridgestone launch its ‘Driving Nation’ roadshow in Birmingham.

    Archive, Uncategorized
    Andy Dingley, Bridgestone, Jenson Button

  • F1: Button undone as Vettel takes Silverstone pole

    Sebastian Vettel took pole for the British Grand Prix ahead of Rubens Barrichello, as the battle between Brawn GP and Red Bull for supremacy showed signs of starting to swing away from the championship-leading newcomers.

    Archive, F1
    British Grand Prix, Formula One, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Mark Webber, Ross Brawn, Sebastian Vettel

  • F1: Hamilton and Button to do battle the Scalextric way

    If last year’s retro toy / Formula One cross-over classic was Lewis Hamilton and his Airfix advert, 2009 looks like being the year we all rediscover the joys of chasing out-of-control Scalextric cars as they tumble across the carpet shedding wing mirrors and tyres.

    Archive, F1
    Brawn GP, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Scalextric, videos

  • F1: Button pounces to punish wayward Vettel

    Jenson Button made the most of a first-lap mistake by Sebastian Vettel to sweep into the lead of the Turkish Grand Prix and off down the road to his sixth win from seven races this season.

    Archive, F1
    Formula One, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Mark Webber, Sebastian Vettel, Turkish Grand Prix

  • F1: Vettel pips Button to Istanbul pole

    Sebastian Vettel served notice that he doesn’t plan to concede the World Championship battle to Jenson Button just yet by seizing pole position for the Turkish Grand Prix from the Englishman at the last gasp.

    Archive, F1
    Brawn GP, Formula One, Istanbul Park, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Martin Whitmarsh, McLaren, Ross Brawn, Turkish Grand Prix

  • F1: Button’s Monaco victory extends Brawn’s dominance

    Jenson Button continued his dominance of the 2009 Formula One season with an unruffled victory from pole in Monaco, leading home team-mate Rubens Barrichello for Brawn GP’s third 1-2 finish of the season.

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

  • F1: Button leaves it late in Monaco qualifying

    Jenson Button stunned the opposition with another late pole-grabbing lap after looking off the pace during the majority of qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix.

    Archive, F1
    Brawn GP, Circuit de Monaco, Formula One, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Monte Carlo Grand Prix

  • F1: Home is where the heart is for Button

    Jenson Button may live in Monaco these days but, even with the glamour and excitement of the Principality’s grand prix upon us, it’s still the British race he wants to win most of all.

    Archive, F1
    Autosport, British Grand Prix, Jenson Button, Monte Carlo Grand Prix

  • F1: Baffled Barrichello beaten by buoyant Button

    Jenson Button spoiled Rubens Barrichello’s party in Barcelona with a mid-race strategy switch that handed him his fourth victory of the season and consigned his team-mate to a puzzled and frustrated second place.

    Archive, F1
    Formula One, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Ross Brawn, Rubens Barrichello, Spanish Grand prix

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