 Button, Jenson (GB)
b 19/1/1980 (Frome)
1989 - Won Club Championship in Cadet Class (Champion in his first year).
Won British Super Prix Championship.
1990 - British Cadet Championship, 2nd.
1991 - Won British Cadet Championship for 8-12 year olds (won all 6 rounds).
Won British Open Championship. Won all 34 races competed in the Cadets.
1992 - Won British Championship for Junior TKM 11-16 year olds. Won
British Open Championship.
1993 - RAC British Junior Championship. Won British Open Champion.
1994 - RAC British Junior Championship. Driving for the Italian Birel Team.
Junior Intercontinental A World Championship - qualified 4th.
Senior Intercontinental A Italian Winter Championship, 2 wins.
1995 - Racing for Birel and Lemmens Rotax Motors. Won the Senior Italian ICA
Championship. European Intercontinental Championship - qualified on
Pole. Formula A World Championship, 2nd.
1996 - Works driver for team GKS-Tecno-Rotax-Bridgestone. Formula A World Cup,
3rd. European Championship, 5th. American Championship, 3rd.
1997 - Works driver for team GKS-Tecno-Rotax-Bridgestone. Second in Winter
Cup warm up for European Formula Super A. European Championships,
Champion - won Rounds 3&4 Salabris & Rounds 6&7 Genk.
Won Ayrton Senna Memorial Cup at Japan World Cup.
1998 - British F.Ford (Haywood Racing Mygale): Champion, 133 pts, 7 wins. Won
Brands Hatch F.Ford Festival. European F.Ford (Haywood Racing Mygale): 2nd.
Won McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year award.
1999 - British F3 (Promatecme Dallara Renault F399): 3rd, 168 pts, 3 wins. Macau F3
GP (Promatecme Dallara Renault F399): 2nd. Korea F3 GP (Promatecme Dallara
Renault F399): 2nd. Tested a McLaren-Mercedes MP4-14 (Nov 12th), Prost-Peugeot
AP02 (Dec 17th). Also tested for SuperNova and Fortec F3000 teams.
2000 - Tested a Williams-BMW FW22 (Jan 14th) and won drive.
F1 (Williams-BMW FW22): 8th, 12 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
12/3 21 - Australia ret/46 laps/engine
26/3 9 6 Brazil -1 lap
9/4 18 - San Marino ret/5 laps/engine
23/4 6 5 Britain 1:29:47.867
7/5 10 17 Spain -4 laps
21/5 11 10 Europe -5 laps/electrics
4/6 14 - Monaco ret/16 laps/engine
18/6 18 11 Canada -1 lap
2/7 10 8 France -1 lap
16/7 18 5 Austria -1 lap
30/7 16 4 Germany 1:25:57.103
13/8 8 9 Hungary -1 lap
27/8 3 5 Belgium 1:29:04.408
10/9 12 - Italy ret/10 laps/accident
24/9 6 - America ret/14 laps/engine
8/10 5 5 Japan 1:31:19.129
22/10 16 - Malaysia ret/18 laps/engine
2001 - F1 (Benetton-Renault B201): 17th, 2 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
4/3 16 14 Australia -6 laps
18/3 17 11 Malaysia -2 laps
1/4 20 10 Brazil -7 laps
15/4 21 12 San Marino -2 laps
29/4 21 15 Spain -3 laps
13/5 21 - Austria ret/60 laps/engine
27/5 17 7 Monaco -1 lap
10/6 20 - Canada ret/17 laps/oil leak
24/6 20 13 Europe -2 laps
1/7 17 16 France -4 laps
30/7 18 15 Britain -2 laps
29/7 18 5 Germany 1:19:23.327
19/8 17 - Hungary ret/34 laps/spin
2/9 15 - Belgium ret/17 laps/accident
16/9 11 - Italy ret/4 laps/engine
30/9 10 9 America -1 lap
22/10 9 7 Japan 1h29m10.400
2002 - F1 (Renault R202): 7th, 14 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
3/3 11 - Australia ret/0 laps/accident
17/3 8 4 Malaysia 1h35m22.678
31/3 7 4 Brazil 1h32m50.546
14/4 9 5 San Marino 1h30m34.184
28/4 6 12 Spain -5 laps
12/5 13 7 Austria 1h34m42.791
26/5 8 - Monaco ret/51 laps/accident
9/6 13 15 Canada ret/65 laps/engine
23/6 8 5 Europe 1h36m24.370
7/7 12 12 Britain -6 laps/front wheel
21/7 7 6 France -1 lap
28/7 13 - Germany ret/24 laps/engine
18/8 9 - Hungary ret/30 laps/spin
1/9 10 - Belgium ret/10 laps/engine
15/9 17 5 Italy 1h17m27.752
29/9 14 8 America -1 lap
13/10 10 6 Japan -1 lap
2003 - F1 (BAR-Honda 005): 9th, 17 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
9/3 8 10 Australia 1h35m48.098
23/3 9 7 Malaysia -1 lap
6/4 11 - Brazil ret/32 laps/accident
20/4 9 8 San Marino -1 lap
4/5 5 9 Spain -2 laps
18/5 7 4 Austria 1h24m47.131
1/6 20 NS Monaco practice accident
15/6 17 - Canada ret/51 laps/gearbox
29/6 12 7 Europe -1 lap
6/7 14 - France ret/21 laps/out of fuel
20/7 20 8 Britain 1h29m23.032
3/8 17 8 Germany -1 lap
24/8 14 10 Hungary -1 lap
14/9 7 - Italy ret/24 laps/gearbox
28/9 11 - America ret/41 laps/hydraulics
12/10 9 4 Japan 1h25m44.849
2004 - F1 (BAR-Honda 006): 3rd, 85 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
7/3 4 6 Australia 1h25m26.355
21/3 6 3 Malaysia 1h31m19.058
4/4 6 3 Bahrain 1h29m01.562
25/4 1 2 San Marino 1h26m29.372
9/5 14 8 Spain -1 lap
23/5 2 2 Monaco 1h45m47.098
30/5 5 3 Europe 1h32m57.634
13/6 2 3 Canada 1h28m45.212
20/6 4 - America ret/26 laps/gearbox
4/7 4 5 France 1h30m50.617
11/7 3 4 Britain 1h24m53.383
25/7 13 2 Germany 1h24m03.236
15/8 4 5 Hungary 1h36m33.570
29/8 12 - Belgium ret/29 laps/accident
12/9 6 3 Italy 1h15m28.645
26/9 3 2 China 1h29m13.455
10/10 5 3 Japan 1h24m46.647
24/10 5 - Brazil ret/3 laps/engine
2005 - F1 (BAR-Honda 007): 9th, 37 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
6/3 8 11 Australia -1 lap
20/3 9 - Malaysia ret/2 laps/engine
3/4 11 - Bahrain ret/46 laps/transmission
24/4 3 DQ San Marino 1h27m52.402 (was 3rd - underweight)
29/5 13 10 Europe 1h33m22.434
12/6 1 - Canada ret/46 laps/accident
19/6 3 - America 0 laps/withdrew
3/7 7 4 France -1 lap
10/7 2 5 Britain 1h25m09.852
24/7 2 3 Germany 1h26m53.021
31/7 8 5 Hungary 1h38m24.384
21/8 13 5 Turkey 1h25m13.758
4/9 3 8 Italy 1h15m32.294
11/9 8 3 Belgium 1h30m33.372
25/9 4 7 Brazil -1 lap
9/10 2 5 Japan 1h29m31.719
16/10 4 8 China 1h40m34.867
2006 - F1 (Honda RA106): 6th, 56 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
12/3 3 4 Bahrain 1h30m06.197
19/3 2 3 Malaysia 1h30m50.160
2/4 1 10 Australia ret/56 laps/engine
23/4 2 7 San Marino 1h31m46.121
7/5 6 - Europe ret/28 laps/engine
14/5 8 6 Spain 1h27m20.106
28/5 13 11 Monaco -1 lap
11/6 19 - Britain ret/8 laps/oil leak
25/6 8 9 Canada -1 lap
2/7 7 - USA ret/3 laps/accident damage
16/7 17 - France ret/61 laps/engine
30/7 4 4 Germany 1h28m10.591
6/8 14 1 Hungary 1h52m20.941
27/8 6 4 Turkey 1h29m03.416
10/9 5 5 Italy 1h15m24.660
1/10 4 4 China 1h38m44.803
8/10 7 4 Japan 1h24m27.514
22/10 14 3 Brazil 1h32m13.145
2007 - F1 (Honda RA107): 15th, 6 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
18/3 14 15 Australia -1 lap
8/4 15 12 Malaysia -1 lap
15/4 16 - Bahrain ret/0 laps/accident
13/5 14 12 Spain -2 laps
25/5 10 11 Monaco -1 lap
10/6 15 - Canada ret/0 laps/gearbox
17/6 13 12 USA -1 lap
1/7 12 8 France 1h31m53.085
8/7 18 10 Britain -1 lap
22/7 17 - Europe ret/2 laps/accident
5/8 17 - Hungary ret/35 laps/engine
26/8 21 13 Turkey -1 lap
9/9 10 8 Italy 1h19m49.974
16/9 12 - Belgium ret/36 laps/hydraulics
30/9 6 11 Japan -1 lap
7/10 10 5 China 1h39m07.061
21/10 16 - Brazil ret/20 laps/engine
2008 - F1 (Honda RA108): 18th, 3 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
16/3 13 - Australia ret/0 laps/accident
23/3 11 10 Malaysia 1:32:44.769
6/4 9 - Bahrain ret/19 laps/accident damage
27/4 13 6 Spain 1:39:12.061
11/5 13 11 Turkey -1 lap
25/5 11 11 Monaco -1 lap
8/6 19 11 Canada 1:37:31.987
22/6 16 - France ret/16 laps/handling
6/7 17 - Britain ret/38 laps/spin
20/7 14 17 Germany -1 lap
3/8 12 12 Hungary -1 lap
24/8 16 13 Europe -1 lap
7/9 17 15 Belgium -1 lap
14/9 20 15 Italy 1:28:00.864
28/9 12 9 Singapore 1:57:36.189
12/10 18 14 Japan -1 lap
19/10 18 16 China -1 lap
2/11 17 13 Brazil -1 lap
2009 - F1 (Brawn-Mercedes BGP001): Champion, 95 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
29/3 1 1 Australia 1:34:15.784
5/4 1 1 Malaysia 0:55:30.622/FL 1m36.641
19/4 5 3 China 1:58:28.460
26/4 4 1 Bahrain 1:31:48.182
10/5 1 1 Spain 1:37:19.202
24/5 1 1 Monaco 1:40:44.282
7/6 2 1 Turkey 1:26:24.848/FL 1m27.579
21/6 6 6 Britain 1:23:35.613
12/7 3 5 Germany 1:37:06.919
26/7 8 7 Hungary 1:39:18.964
23/8 5 7 Europe 1:36:26.202
30/8 14 - Belgium ret/0 laps/accident
13/9 6 2 Italy 1:16:24.572
27/9 11 5 Singapore 1:56:36.352
4/10 10 8 Japan 1:28:31.917
18/10 14 5 Brazil 1:32:52.086
1/11 5 3 Abu Dhabi 1:34:21.881
2010 - F1 (McLaren-Mercedes MP4-25): 5th, 214 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
14/3 8 7 Bahrain 1:40:05.676
28/3 4 1 Australia 1:33:36.531
4/4 17 8 Malaysia 1:34:26.330
18/4 5 1 China 1:46:42.163
9/5 5 5 Spain 1:36:47.829
16/5 8 - Monaco ret/2 laps/engine fire
30/5 4 2 Turkey 1:28:50.265
13/6 4 2 Canada 1:33:55.710
27/6 7 3 Europe 1:40:42.229/FL 1m38.766
11/7 14 4 Britain 1:25:00.186
25/7 5 5 Germany 1:28:08.346
1/8 11 8 Hungary -1 lap
29/8 5 - Belgium ret/15 laps/accident damage
12/9 2 2 Italy 1:16:27.519
26/9 4 4 Singapore 1:58:23.963
10/10 5 4 Japan 1:30:40.845
24/10 7 12 Korea 2:49:50.749
7/11 11 5 Brazil 1:33:27.396
14/11 4 3 Abu Dhabi 1:39:47.884
2011 - F1 (McLaren-Mercedes MP4-26): 2nd, 270 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
27/03 4 6 Australia 1:30:24.563
9/04 4 2 Malaysia 1:37:43.093
16/04 2 4 China 1:37:08.226
8/05 6 6 Turkey 1:31:16.989
22/05 5 3 Spain 1:39:38.998
29/05 2 3 Monaco 2:09:40.751
12/06 7 1 Canada 4:04:39.537/FL 1m16.956
26/06 6 6 Valencia 1:40:36.234
10/07 5 - Britain ret/39 laps/loose wheel
24/07 7 - Germany ret/35 laps/hydraulics
31/07 3 1 Hungary 1:46:42.337
28/08 13 3 Belgium 1:26:54.562
11/09 3 2 Italy 1:20:55.762
25/09 3 2 Singapore 1:59:08.494/FL 1m48.454
09/10 2 1 Japan 1:30:53.427/FL 1m36.568
16/10 3 4 Korea 1:38:16.688
30/10 4 2 India 1:30:43.435
13/11 3 3 Abu Dhabi 1:37:37.767
27/11 4 3 Brazil 1:32:45.102
2012 - F1 (McLaren-Mercedes MP4-27): 5th, 188 pts
Date Q R Race Time
18/3 2 1 Australia 1:34:09.565/FL 1m29.187
25/3 2 14 Malaysia 2:46:11.531
15/4 5 2 China 1:36:26.929
22/4 4 18 Bahrain -2 laps/exhaust/diff
13/5 10 9 Spain 1:40:34.391
27/5 12 16 Monaco ret/70 laps/puncture
10/6 10 16 Canada -1 lap
24/6 9 8 Europe 1:44:41.302
8/7 16 10 Britain 1:25:55.732
22/7 6 2 Germany 1:31:12.811
29/7 4 6 Hungary 1:41:32.156
2/9 1 1 Belgium 1:29:08.530
9/9 2 - Italy ret/32 laps/fuel pick-up
23/9 4 2 Singapore 2:00:35.103
7/10 8 4 Japan 1:29:21.340
14/10 11 - Korea ret/0 laps/accident
28/10 4 5 India 1:31:37.010/FL 1m28.203
4/11 5 4 Abu Dhabi 1:46:06.454
18/11 12 5 United States 1:36:51.701
25/11 2 1 Brazil 1:45:22.656
2013 - F1 (McLaren-Mercedes MP4-28): 9th, 73 pts
Date Q R Venue Time
17/3 10 9 Australia 1:31:24.855
24/3 7 17 Malaysia ret/53 laps/vibration
14/4 8 5 China 1:37:02.230
21/4 10 10 Bahrain 1:36:47.129
12/5 14 8 Spain 1:40:36.102
26/5 9 6 Monaco 2:18:15.159
9/6 14 12 Canada -1 lap
30/6 10 13 Great Britain 1:33:25
7/7 9 6 Germany 1:41:42.707
28/7 13 7 Hungary 1:43:23.264
25/8 6 6 Belgium 1:24:22.990
8/9 9 10 Italy 1:19:11.679
22/9 8 7 Singapore 2:00:36.486
6/10 11 8 Korea 1:43:45.963
13/10 10 9 Japan 1:28:10.122
27/10 10 14 India -1 lap
3/11 12 12 Abu Dhabi 1:39:49.873
17/11 15 10 United States 1:40:34.426
25/11 14 4 Brazil 1:33:13.660
2014 - F1 (McLaren-Mercedes MP4-29): 8th, 126 pts
Date Q R Venue Time
16/3 10 3 Australia 1:33:28.737
30/3 10 6 Malaysia 1:41:49.665
6/4 6 17 Bahrain ret/55 laps/clutch
20/4 12 11 China -1 lap
11/5 8 11 Spain -1 lap
25/5 12 6 Monaco -1 lap
8/6 9 4 Canada 1:39:24.585
22/6 11 11 Austria 1:28:45.942
6/7 3 4 Great Britain 2:27:39.484
20/7 11 8 Germany 1:35:07.625
27/7 7 10 Hungary 1:54:12.338
24/8 10 6 Belgium 1:25:31.136
7/9 6 8 Italy 1:20:13.299
21/9 11 - Singapore ret/52 laps/power box
5/10 8 5 Japan 1:52:50.571
12/10 4 4 Russia 1:32:20.978
2/11 12 12 United States -1 lap
9/11 5 4 Brazil 1:30:51.213
23/11 6 5 Abu Dhabi 1:40:02.953
2015 - F1 (McLaren-Honda MP4-30): 16th, 16 pts
Date Q R Venue Result
15/03 17 11 Australia -2 laps
29/03 17 - Malaysia ret/41 laps/engine
12/04 17 14 China -1 lap
19/04 NQ NS Bahrain DNS/electrics
10/05 14 16 Spain -1 lap
24/05 10 8 Monaco 1:49:34.483
07/06 20 - Canada ret/54 laps/exhaust
21/06 20 - Austria ret/8 laps/electrical
05/07 18 - Britain ret/0 laps/accident damage
26/07 16 9 Hungary 1:47:17.013
23/08 19 14 Belgium -1 lap
06/09 15 14 Italy -1 lap
20/09 15 - Singapore ret/52 laps/gearbox
27/09 14 16 Japan -1 lap
11/10 13 9 Russia 1:38:30.491
25/10 11 6 USA 1:51:20.761
01/11 20 14 Mexico 1:43:24.252
15/11 16 14 Brazil -1 lap
29/11 12 12 Abu Dhabi -1 lap
2016 - F1 (McLaren-Honda MP4-31): 15th, 21 pts
Date Q R Venue Result
20/3 12 14 Australia -1 lap
3/4 14 - Bahrain ret/6 laps/engine
17/4 12 13 China 1h40m35.881
1/5 12 10 Russia -1 lap
15/5 12 9 Spain -1 lap
29/5 13 9 Monaco -1 lap
12/6 12 - Canada ret/9 laps/engine
19/6 19 11 Europe 1h34m37.183
3/7 3 6 Austria 1h28m15.813
10/7 17 12 Great Britain -1 lap
24/7 8 - Hungary ret/60 laps/oil leak
31/7 12 8 Germany -1 lap
28/8 9 - Belgium ret/1 lap/accident
4/9 14 12 Italy -1 lap
18/9 12 - Singapore ret/43 laps/brakes
2/10 9 9 Malaysia 1h38m34.592
9/10 22 18 Japan -1 lap
16/10 19 9 USA -1 lap
30/10 13 12 Mexico -1 lap
13/11 17 16 Brazil 3h02m23.329
27/11 12 - Abu Dhabi ret/12 laps/suspension
2017 – Japanese Super GT (Team Mugen Honda NSX):
Aug 27 Suzuka 1000 km 12th, -2 laps with D.Nakajima, H.Mutoh
F1 (McLaren-Honda MCL32): 0 pts
Date Q R Venue Result
28/5 20 - Monaco ret/57 laps/accident
2018 – Japanese Super GT (Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX-GT): Champion, 78 pts, with N.Yamamoto
Apr 8 Okayama 2nd, 1h55m15.991
May 4 Fuji 9th, 2h53m19.630
May 20 Suzuka 2nd, 1h46m42.563
Jul 1 Buriram 11th, 1h37m02.860
Aug 5 Fuji 500 5th, 4h40m40.798
Sep 16 Sugo 1st, 1h52m08.765
Oct 21 Autopolis 5th, 1h56m35.240
Nov 11 Motegi 3rd, 1h31m17.348
WEC (SMP Racing BR Engineering-AER BR1): with V.Petrov, M.Aleshin
Jun16-17 Le Mans 24 Hrs ret/315 laps/engine
Aug 19 Silverstone ret/23 laps
Oct 14 Fuji 4th, -11 laps
Nov 18 Shanghai 3rd, -1 lap
2019 – Japanese Super GT (Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX-GT): 8th, 37 pts, with N.Yamamoto
Apr 14 Okayama 36th, -1 lap
May 4 Fuji 3rd, 3h41m31.248
May 26 Suzuka 13th, 1h48m13.415
Jun 30 Buriram 34th, 52 laps/accident
Aug 4 Fuji 2nd, 4h53m26.462
Sep 8 Autopolis ret/0 laps/accident
Sep 22 Sugo 8th, -1 lap
Nov 3 Motegi 6th, 1h31m47.886
Baja 1000 (Trophy Truck): ret/differential, with T.Madden
2021 – Extreme E (JBXE): with M.Ahlin-Kottulinsky
Apr 4 Alula, Saudi Arabia 6th (3rd in Crazy Race, 12m37.226)
2023 – NASCAR (Rick Ware Racing Ford Mustang):
Mar 26 Austin 18th
Jul 2 Chicago Street 21st
Aug 13 Indianapolis GP 28th, -1 lap
Le Mans 24 Hrs (Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZL1): 39th, -57 laps, with
M.Rockenfeller, J.Johnson. Petit Le Mans (JDC-Miller Motorsports Porsche 963): 5th,
10h01m42.565, with T.van der Helm, M.Rockenfeller
2024 – IMSA (Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura ARX-06): with L.Deletraz, J.Taylor, C.Herta
Jan 27 Daytona 24 Hrs 3rd, 23h58m39.712
WEC (Hertz Team Jota Porsche 963): 19th, 28 pts, with P.Hanson, O.Rasmussen
Mar 2 Losail ret/309 laps/hybrid
Apr 21 Imola 11th, -2 laps
May 11 Spa-Francorchamps ret/37 laps/accident
Jun15-16 Le Mans 24 Hrs 9th, 24h05m32.612
Jul 14 Interlagos 7th, -1 lap
Sep 1 Austin 10th, -1 lap
Sep 15 Fuji 6th, 6h01m24.112
Nov 2 Bahrain 7th, 8h02m26.673
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