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  • F1: Last-gasp blinder from Button secures pole

    Jenson Button turned around a weekend spent struggling for pace by seizing a dramatic pole position in the dying seconds of qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix.

    Archive, F1
    Formula One, Jenson Button, Martin Whitmarsh, Rubens Barrichello, Spanish Grand prix

  • F1: Button wins in Bahrain to keep Brawn top

    Jenson Button shrugged off fears that the field had caught up with Brawn GP’s early-season pace to take a confident win at the Bahrain Grand Prix ahead of Sebastian Vettel and polesitter Jarno Trulli.

    Archive, F1
    Bahrain Grand Prix, Jarno Trulli, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel

  • F1: Rivals run light to dislodge Button from pole

    Brawn GP’s rivals have finally managed to dislodge Jenson Button from pole – but at the cost of running so light you could practically pick their cars up and walk away with them.

    Archive, F1
    Brawn GP, Chinese Grand Prix, Formula One, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Ross Brawn, Shanghai International Circuit

  • F1: Button was offered Piquet’s Renault seat

    Flavio Briatore has inadvertently revealed that he attempted to recruit Jenson Button to Renault for the 2009 season, presumably at the expense of the under-performing Nelson A Piquet.

    Archive, F1
    Brawn GP, Fernando Alonso, Flavio Briatore, Jenson Button, Nelson A Piquet, Renault F1

  • F1: Diffuser decision is good news for Button

    The aerodynamics that provide such a fundamental part of Jenson Button’s double race-winning car are legal, according to a decision by FIA stewards yesterday.

    Archive, F1
    Brawn GP, Charlie Whiting, FIA, Formula One, Jenson Button, Ross Brawn

  • F1: “I’m chuffed to bits,” says Jenson

    Jenson Button’s second Grand Prix audio diary reveals how he won pole position in Malaysia despite a heavy cockpit control box slamming into his ankles every time he braked.

    Archive, F1
    Jenson Button, Malaysian Grand Prix, videos

  • F1: Brawn says Button will raise his game still further

    Here’s a reminder, as if one were needed, that Ross Brawn didn’t just win seven world championships with Michael Schumacher by accident.

    Archive, F1
    Brawn GP, Formula One, Jenson Button, Ross Brawn

  • F1: Button splashes to victory in Malaysia

    Jenson Button won his second consecutive race behind a safety car as Formula One’s attempt to defy the rain gods and run an evening race in the Malaysian monsoon season ended in farce.

    Archive, F1
    Formula One, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Malaysian Grand Prix, Timo Glock

  • F1: Button holds off Trulli for Malaysian pole

    Another Sunday, another pole position for Jenson Button as he fended off Jarno Trulli and dominated the rest of the field to set the fastest time in qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix.

    Archive, F1
    Felipe Massa, Formula One, Jarno Trulli, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Malaysian Grand Prix

  • F1: Brilliant Button wins in Australia

    Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello swept the board at the Australian Grand Prix in Brawn GP’s first outing – and Lewis Hamilton was handed a post-race third place after being on the right side of a stewards decision for a change.

    Archive, F1
    Australian Grand Prix, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Martin Whitmarsh, Robert Kubica, Ross Brawn, Rubens Barrichello, Sebastian Vettel

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