| Jenson's Biography |
| Jenson Alexander Lyons Button was born on 19th of Januar 1981 in Frome, England. His parents are divorced and Jenson's father, John Button, a former rallydriver, goes almost to every Grand Prix with his son. Jenson has 3 older sisters, as you can see on the picture on the right. Jenson's height is 1.82 meters and he weights 74 kg. His favourite food is pasta and he likes to drink orange juice. Jenson likes to go mountainbiking or go body boarding. He also likes to play games on the internet. His favourite music artists are Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. Jenson has a girlfriend, named Louise Griffiths. They both live in England, Monaco, or on Jenson's boat, named Little Missy. Jenson's first road car was a Vauxhall Astra and it had a "bad boy stereo", as Jenson called it. At just twenty years of age, Jenson was one of the youngest drivers to ever compete in a Grand Prix, but racing was nothing new to this youngster. He began his racing career at the tender age of eight and as a raw novice he was required to start right at the back for his first event. In horrendous conditions he managed to get by the entire field to take victory. He won the British Kart Super Prix in 1989, showing from an early age that he was championship material. From that moment on, he continued to challenge and succeed and for the next four years he repeatedly won the British Cadet, British Open and British Junior TKM Kart Series'. In 1994 he was fourth in the British Junior Kart series as well as winning races in both the Junior Intercontinental A European and Junior Intercontinental A Italian Winter Kart series'. Then the following year, he was not only the champion in the Senior ICA Italian Kart Series, he also became the youngest ever runner-up in the World Formula A Kart Series. He remained in the world of Karts, continuing to blitz his fellow competitors for glory, until 1998 when he made the switch to the British Formula Ford series and European Formula Ford. Driving for Haywood Racing, Jenson won the title in British Formula Ford, and came in second in the European series. He also won the Formula Ford Festival the same year. In 1999 he was third in the British Formula Three series, and earned the honour of top rookie. Frank Williams, who was dissatisfied with his then driver, Alex Zanardi, decided that the young Button had the potential for greatness and decided to sign him (only 5 days after his 20st birthday) to drive alongside Ralf Schumacher in the year 2000. He had a lot of pressure on his young shoulders and a lot to live up to, but he proved his many critics wrong throughout his debut year in the series, scoring 12 points and finishing eighth in the championship. Still under contract to Williams, Jenson moved across to Benetton for 2001 where he spent a dismal year in a constantly developing car. The team languished at the back of the grid throughout the majority of the season and for 2002 Jenson is hoping that things will turn around and he will be back in the top once again. And he was. He has beaten his teammate and almost got a podium finish in Malaysia. Despite the good results, Renault told Jenson to find another team to drive for in 2003. Renault didn't need him any longer. He ended up at B.A.R. and has found himself a good teammate in Jacques Villeneuve. |
| Jenson with his sisters |
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| Jenson with Louise |
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| Jenson with his father |
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| All the F1 cars Jenson drove in |
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| STATISTICS up to Spain 2003 First GP: Australia 2000 Total driven GP's: 56 GP's 2003: 5 Best result: 4th Number of victories: 0 Total WC points: 31 Total WC points in 2003: 3 Number of Poles: 0 Number of fastest laps: 0 |
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