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Jenson Alexander Lyons Button is a British racing automobile driver and autobiographer born on January 19, 1980, in Frome, Somerset, England. He holds the noble title of Formula One World Champion and has competed in Formula One races. His professional career includes driving for McLaren, Benetton Formula, Williams Racing, and the Renault F1 Team.
Button has won the British Formula Ford Championship and the Super GT competition. He has recorded 15 wins and accumulated 1235 points. He participated in the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Macau Grand Prix. Additionally, he competes in triathlons. He resides in Monaco and speaks English.
He is a Member of the Order of the British Empire and received the Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year. He was also nominated for this award. His father is John Button.
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Frome, Somerset, England, UK
Jenson Alexander Lyons Button MBE is a British racing driver. He won the 2009 Formula One World Championship when he drove for the Brawn GP team. After his F1 career, he became champion of the 2018 season of the Super GT Series alongside Naoki Yamamoto, with whom he shared a Honda racing car at Team Kunimitsu.
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- American Thunder: NASCAR to Le Mans — Self2025
- Lap of Legends — Self2024
- Williams & Mansell: Red 5 — Self2023
- Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story — Self2023
- Radford Returns — Self2022
- Duel: Hamilton vs Verstappen — Self2022
- Lewis Hamilton: The Winning Formula — self2021
- Stirling Moss: The Uncrowned King of F1 — Self2020
- How the 2012 Season Was Won — Self (archive footage)2020
- Origins of the Silver War — Self (archival footage)2020
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- United Kingdom
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- Frome
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- John Button
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Noble title
- Formula One World Champion
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- Formula One race
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- auto racing
- Member of team
- British American Racing
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- www.jensonbutton.com
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- 2018 British Grand Prix - Jenson Button (08).jpg
- Height
- 182
- Residence
- Monaco
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- 311
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