Jenson Button

Arguably the best ever driver in mixed conditions, all his wins at Mclaren have come in those conditions. His last race win in the dry came at the 2009 Turkish GP.

Button is known for his smooth driving style and is normally seen in must races doing one less stop than his rivals for tyres.

Buttons also know to be a bit of a practical joker and will take part in anything fun.

Since his debut in 2000 Button has won the majority of hearts in this country. But what is your favourite JB win?

Mine has to be Hungaroring 2006, in argubly a midfield team and he won the race in those mixed conditions to take his first win. I can remember James Allen been in tears almost and that was the first race Anthony Davidson ever commentated on.

 

[rufus_mcdufus]

Just reading this myself - so sorry for Jenson and relatives. Terrible news.
I think he was only 68.

 

[sushifiesta]

He was always a friendly face around the paddock, that's a shame and seemingly completely out of the blue.

 

[Road of Bones]

Really sad to hear this - same thing happened to me last year, when my Mum shuffled off suddenly. I find comfort in the fact that I never had to watch her gradually fade away, so my memories of her are untempered by infirmity.
There will be a bottle of Shiraz raised in Pinky's honour at Chateau Bones tonight

Win it for John, Jenson!

 

[Jen]

Bugger

 

[downforce]

Wow I thought he was fine and healthy, this seems to have come out of nowhere, really sorry for Button and all the rest of his friends and family.

 

[Dario Resta]

A real shame for Jenson & his family. John Button always seemed (to me anyway) to have a tremendous sense of humour, and to be a genuine sort of bloke. I saw him described somewhere as a "Bon Viveur". I reckon that's probably about right.

 

[ZakspeedYakspeed]

Sad news indeed ...

 

[Incubus]

John Button posing with his trademark "Colorado" Beetle in his Rallycross days:

 

[Mephistopheles]

What a damn shame...

 

[Greenlantern101]

Thats so sad, he seemed like a really nice bloke in interviews. He looked fit and healthy as well. A real shock.

http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/9114776/john-button-jenson-buttons-father-has-died-aged-70

 

[rufus_mcdufus]

Seems he was 70, not 68 as I said earlier so apologies for the error. There's a few incorrect sources such as wikipedia which have been corrected. Still too young though.

 

[Plutus]

That's weird. I mean the thought of him not being there, when Jenson wins. They were like conjoined twins at Grand Prixs.

 

[The Pits]

Terrible news, so sorry for Jenson, JB senior was a fixture of F1 for the last 14 years, he will be missed.

There have been many touching tributes on Twitter, he was clearly a very popular man.

 

[gethinceri]

Sad news indeed, a great character.
RIP

 

[Fenderman]

70 just isn't old these days. Commiserations to Jenson, family and friends. RIP JB Snr.

 

[Bill Boddy]

Sad news indeed, the death of a parent or sibling is always the worst.

 

[Mephistopheles]

One thing you could always see In John Button was the massive amount of pride and unadulterated joy sometimes even tearful joy whenever his son won a race and how upset he would be if something went wrong, I will miss seeing that amount of emotion from an obviously loving and devoted parent for the rest of Jenson's career...

Rest now John, take a pee in the garden of eden for me.

 

[Lewywo4]

That's weird. I mean the thought of him not being there, when Jenson wins. They were like conjoined twins at Grand Prixs.

It looks even at that early age, Jenson was successfully dealing with some pretty tough competition, with the likes of Dan Weldon and Anthony Davidson

Fans world wide, are going to miss seeing that man in the pink shirt with that friendly smile, while cameras are filming through the padock area.

Jenson's dad seemed like a really nice guy.

 

[Mephistopheles]

I would just like to point out that the shirt papa smirf wore was not pink it was salmon, which obviously is pinkish....

 

[Titch]

How very sad for JB and his family.