Jenson Button
Jenson Button
Jenson Alexander Lyons Button MBEis a British Formula One driver from England currently driving for McLaren. He is the 2009 Formula One World Champion, driving for Brawn GP...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth19 January 1980
CityFrome, England
raining sunday
If it's raining like that on Sunday it would be too wet,
car control race raining
If it is raining like that, we can't race on Sunday, ... It is dangerous. You are not in control of the car in any way.
car speed force
The fast, flowing parts, the high-speed corners, that's where a Formula One car is at its best - changes of direction, pulling high g-forces left and right.
baby champion world
I'm world champion, baby!
play needs six-months
If someone was making a movie about F1 in the last six months, they wouldn't need to add a Hollywood ending. If they do make that movie, it's got to be 'The Curious Case Of ,' where I've lived my life backwards. I'd like Johnny Depp to play me but he wouldn't be quite right.
selfish race careers
When it comes to my racing career I'm very driven and very selfish. People who are around me at races will know that I'm a different person here than in my personal life. I completely blank people at races. I need to be focused. I'm rude.
jobs struggle thinking
I need to develop a car and engineer a car in a position that feels comfortable for me, and I don't think anyone can do a better job than I can in that position. The problem for me is if I can't get the car there I do struggle more than some.
uplifting fun ocean
I like old tunes when I'm driving. They're fun and uplifting. Billy Ocean, that kind of thing.
running fun regret
I haven't got the yacht any more. The cost of running it was crazy. But it was so much fun while I had it. I don't regret it.
mustache trying moustache
My 'Movember' moustache was never going to be as big as Nigel Mansell's, but I tried my best. The amazing thing is that when you try to grow a moustache, you notice everyone else's. There are some amazing moustaches on the grid.
racing realistic
Le Mans' is the only racing movie that is totally realistic.
sports morning thinking
A lot of people think Formula One isn't a sport because everyone drives a car when they go to work in the morning. But we're pulling up to six G on a corner or during breaking, which is almost like being a fighter pilot. So we have to do a lot of work on our neck muscles.
thinking pick-me-up insecurity
When I'm on my own, I can be negative. I need my friends and family around to help pick me up if I've had a bad qualifying session. I think insecurity plagues a lot of sportspeople.
ugly looks remember
You look back and you remember the good, the bad and the ugly