Saturday 19th January 1980
Born on this day, Jenson Button MBE. Few drivers have ever graduated to F1 with the fanfare and media noise which surrounded the announcement of Jenson Button as a Williams driver in February 2000. Driving for Renault and thereafter for BAR-Honda, his best season had been 2004 with ten podium finishes and third place in the World Championship until he won the Championship driving for Brawn in 2009. His first victory came at the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix.
