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2 unusual facts about Jenson Button


Layne Redman

This was followed by a stint with Essentially Sports Management, the group that use to manage F1 driver Jenson Button and then on to Emaar Properties as part of the founding management team of their sports and fitness brand Hayya!

McLaren P1

At the 2013 Goodwood Festival Of Speed, Formula 1 driver Jenson Button drove a black P1, the first time that the public saw the car being driven live.


2006 Hungarian Grand Prix

The weekend before the grand prix, British motoring show host Jeremy Clarkson told Jenson Button that if he was going to win a race, he would need a better windscreen.

2013 Belgian Grand Prix

On the other hand, Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso both enjoyed a great getaway, running in fourth and fifth places respectively.

Hungarian Grand Prix

Other notable occasions in Budapest include first Grand Prix wins for Damon Hill in 1993, Fernando Alonso (in 2003), the first Grand Prix winner from Spain, who also became the youngest ever driver (at the time) to win a GP, Jenson Button in an incident-packed race in 2006 and Heikki Kovalainen in 2008, the latter of whom was also the 100th Grand Prix winner.


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2002 Canadian Grand Prix

Jenson Button in the Renault led the remaining Michelin runners, ahead of Eddie Irvine, Pedro de la Rosa, Mika Salo, Allan McNish, Mark Webber and Alex Yoong.

2005 Chinese Grand Prix

Red Bull Racing's Christian Klien had a career best drive to take fifth position with Felipe Massa, Mark Webber and Jenson Button completing the point scoring finishers.