Jenson Alexander Lyons Button, or just Jenson Button as we know him, was born on January 19th 1980 in Somerset, UK. He began single seater racing at the age of seventeen, where he quickly rose through the ranks. In 1999, he won the British Formula Three championship's rookie of the year award. Jenson's success was enough to attract the attention of F1 boss Sir Frank Williams in 2000. The Williams team chief promptly signed twenty year Jenson to partner Ralf Schumacher for the forthcoming F1season.
in his first season Jenson scored a respectable twelve points but that wasn't enough to secure his seat for the next season. Jenson moved to the Benetton team in 2001 before moving on again in 2002 to the new BAR team.
In the 2004 Jenson stepped on to the podium ten times and amassed n85 points over the season. He was firmly in contention for the championship until Michael Schumacher took the honors once again.
Jenson has raced in over one hundred F1 Grand Prix and he is still tipped by many to be a future world champion.
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