My Take
Jenson Button is one of those drivers who took the long, hard road to the top and made it look almost serene when he got there — and that's exactly what makes him so compelling. He spent years bouncing around midfield teams before Brawn GP came out of nowhere in 2009 with that double-diffuser-powered rocket, and Button just put his head down and drove a near-perfect season, clinching the championship with the kind of smooth, tire-preserving intelligence that separates the great ones from the merely fast. Fifteen Grand Prix wins over 18 seasons tells you he wasn't a one-hit wonder either. Post-retirement he's been a solid presence in motorsport commentary and team management, which tracks — the guy always seemed like he genuinely understood the sport rather than just driving through it.
Overview
Jenson Alexander Lyons Button (born 19 January 1980) is a British former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2000 to 2017. Button won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 2009 with Brawn, and won 15 Grands Prix across 18 seasons.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jenson Button
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェンソン・バトン
- Reading
- じぇんそん・ばとん
- Born
- January 19, 1980 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Monkey
- Origin
- Frome, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 182 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- racing automobile driver / autobiographer / Formula One driver
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Frome College
Awards & achievements
- Member of the Order of the British Empire
- 2000 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year
- 2010 Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.