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NAME:Jenson Button
NATIONALITY: British
DATE BORN: 19th January 1980
BORN: Frome, Somerset
LIVES: Monaco
HEIGHT: 1.82m (6')
WEIGHT: 68.5kg (10.8 stone)
HOBBIES: Ski touring, music and cars, mountain biking, body boarding, kite surfing, oh and supports Bristol City
FAVOURITE FOOD: Curry, Pasta, Fish
PARENTS: Mother, Simone, Dad, John (Divorced)
SIBLINGS: 3 older sisters -Natasha, Samatha, Tanya
*the first 6 are taken from Jenson's Official site*
Facts
- Dated Louise Griffiths from 2000 -they met at the premiere of "Scary Movie", at the Odeon Leister Square, They even got engaged, but split April 2005
- Jenson has a boat called "little Missy"
- Jenson has a talking Winnie The Pooh mascot!
- Jenson appared on Top Gear on the 30th July 2006, Jeremy Clarkson mocked his F1 car for having windscreen
- Jenson won his first F1 race at the Hungarian on the 6th August 2006, It was his 113 Grand Prix, the previous day he had qualified 4, but had an engine change so had a penaly drop to 14. He's the only person to have won from last place
- Jenson got his name from dads racing driver friend Erling Jensen which was spelled 'en', his parents changed his name to 'on' so people didn't think he's named after the Jensen sports car.
- Jenson's dad used to be a rally driver
- Jenson has won a few awards in his "off season" of 2006 in the past few weeks!, He's won
- The F1 Magazine 'Drive of the Year',
- The Autosport Award 'British Competition Driver of the Year’, and
- The Graham Hill Trophy is awarded for the ‘Most Meritorious Performance by a British Driver in Single-Seater Racing’ and was given to Jenson in recognition of his performance at the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix. -Well done Jens :D
- Jenson was ment to take part in "Race of Champions" December 2006 at the Stade de France in Paris, But Jenson didn't cos of some broken ribs and so was repleased by James Thompson.
- ITV's Coverage of the Hungarian Grand Prix was up for a Bafa in the sport's catergory along with the boat Race,Cricket on Five, and Winter Olympics. It was won by ITV for the Hungarian Gp, and Jenson was given the award at the Monaco Gp
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