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Jenson Button

Driver Overview > Jenson Button
Jenson Button is a British racing driver who currently drives for McLaren-Mercedes.
He was born on January 19th 1980 in Frome, Somerset. He made his Grand Prix debut in a Williams-BMW during the 2000 Grand Prix of Australia. Button is active for 12 consecutive seasons between 2000 and 2011. In those years he scored 690 points in 202 races. Until now Button achieved 11 wins and 37 podiums. His last race (2011 Belgium) he retired.
Name: Jenson Button
Team: McLaren-Mercedes
Nationality: Country flag of Great Britain British
Birthday: January 19th 1980 (32)
Birthplace: Frome, Somerset
Races: 202 races
Total points: 690 points
Wins: 11 wins
Podiums: 37 podiums
Pole positions: 7 poles
Retirements: 48 retirements
First race: Country flag of Australia 2000 Australia
Last race: Country flag of Belgium 2011 Belgium
First win: Country flag of Hungary 2006 Hungary
Age first win: 26 years, 6 months, 18 days
Jenson Button by year
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2011 stats: Jenson Button
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  • Ranking in 2011
#1Best FinishJenson Button1 (2x)
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#1Best QualifyingJenson Button2 (2x)
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#1Best FP1Jenson Button2 (1x)
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#1Best FP2Jenson Button1 (2x)
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#1Best FP3Jenson Button2 (2x)
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#1Best FridayJenson Button1 (2x)
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#1Best SaturdayJenson Button2 (4x)
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Bests of Jenson Button
Best race this year
YearRoundRaceNameTeamFinish
20117MontrealJenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1
201111HungaroringJenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1

Best qualifying this year
YearRoundRaceNameTeamQualified
20113ShanghaiJenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes2
20116Monte CarloJenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes2

Best practice 1 this year
YearRoundRaceNameTeamFinish
201113MonzaJenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes2

Best practice 2 this year
YearRoundRaceNameTeamFinish
20111MelbourneJenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1
20114IstanbulJenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1

Best practice 3 this year
YearRoundRaceNameTeamFinish
20113ShanghaiJenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes2
20116Monte CarloJenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes2

Best friday this year
YearRoundRaceNameTeamSessionFinish
20111MelbourneJenson ButtonMcLaren-MercedesPractice 21
20114IstanbulJenson ButtonMcLaren-MercedesPractice 21

Best saturday this year
YearRoundRaceNameTeamSessionFinish
20113ShanghaiJenson ButtonMcLaren-MercedesPractice 32
20113ShanghaiJenson ButtonMcLaren-MercedesQualifying2
20116Monte CarloJenson ButtonMcLaren-MercedesPractice 32
20116Monte CarloJenson ButtonMcLaren-MercedesQualifying2

#1Worst FinishJenson Button6 (3x)
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#1Worst QualifyingJenson Button13 (1x)
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#1Worst FP1Jenson Button23 (1x)
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#1Worst FP2Jenson Button11 (1x)
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#1Worst FP3Jenson Button6 (1x)
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#1Worst FridayJenson Button23 (1x)
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#1Worst SaturdayJenson Button13 (1x)
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Worsts of Jenson Button
Worst race this year
YearRoundRaceNameTeamFinish
20111MelbourneJenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes6
20114IstanbulJenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes6
20118Valencia-SJenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes6

Worst qualifying this year
YearRoundRaceNameTeamQualified
201112Spa-FrancorchampsJenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes13

Worst practice 1 this year
YearRoundRaceNameTeamFinish
20114IstanbulJenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes23

Worst practice 2 this year
YearRoundRaceNameTeamFinish
201110NurburgringJenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes11

Worst practice 3 this year
YearRoundRaceNameTeamFinish
20119SilverstoneJenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes6

Worst friday this year
YearRoundRaceNameTeamSessionFinish
20114IstanbulJenson ButtonMcLaren-MercedesPractice 123

Worst saturday this year
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201112Spa-FrancorchampsJenson ButtonMcLaren-MercedesQualifying13

DateRoundGrandprixCircuitTeamResult
2011-03-271 AustraliaMelbourneMcLaren-Mercedes6
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2011-04-102 MalaysiaSepangMcLaren-Mercedes2
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2011-04-173 ChinaShanghaiMcLaren-Mercedes4
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2011-05-084 TurkeyIstanbulMcLaren-Mercedes6
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2011-05-225 SpainCatalunyaMcLaren-Mercedes3
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2011-05-296 MonacoMonte CarloMcLaren-Mercedes3
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2011-06-127 CanadaMontrealMcLaren-Mercedes1
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2011-06-268 EuropeValencia-SMcLaren-Mercedes6
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2011-07-109 Great BritainSilverstoneMcLaren-MercedesRet
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2011-07-2410 GermanyNurburgringMcLaren-MercedesRet
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2011-07-3111 HungaryHungaroringMcLaren-Mercedes1
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2011-08-2812 BelgiumSpa-FrancorchampsMcLaren-Mercedes3
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2011-09-1113 ItalyMonzaMcLaren-Mercedes2
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2011-09-2514 SingaporeSingaporeMcLaren-Mercedes2
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2011-10-0915 JapanSuzukaMcLaren-Mercedes1
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2011-10-1616 KoreaKoreaMcLaren-Mercedes4
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2011-10-3017 IndiaIndiaMcLaren-Mercedes2
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2011-11-1318 Abu DhabiYas MarinaMcLaren-Mercedes3
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2011-11-2719 BrazilInterlagosMcLaren-Mercedes3
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Ranking: Jenson Button in 2011
#13Total length drivenJenson Button8212.662
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#3Most polesJenson Button0 poles
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#2Most winsJenson Button2 wins
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#14Most retirementsJenson Button2 retirements
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#5Most points finishesJenson Button10 finishes
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#4Most podium finishesJenson Button6 podiums finishes
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#9Races in seasonJenson Button12
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#8Race laps drivenJenson Button687 laps
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#9Race length drivenJenson Button3439.91
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#12Total laps drivenJenson Button1631 laps
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#4Points in seasonJenson Button149
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#3Average finish positionJenson Button3.5
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Total length driven
Driver
11Jerome d'Ambrosio
8308.809
12Adrian Sutil
8270.778
13Jenson Button
8212.662
14Sergio Perez
8064.526
15Paul di Resta
7708.674
Most poles
DriverPoles
1Sebastian Vettel
1
2Fernando Alonso
0
2Jenson Button
0
2Lewis Hamilton
0
2Adrian Sutil
0
Most wins
DriverWins
1Sebastian Vettel
7
2Jenson Button
2
2Lewis Hamilton
2
4Fernando Alonso
1
5Felipe Massa
0
Most retirements
DriverRetirements
9Felipe Massa
2
9Sebastien Buemi
2
9Jenson Button
2
15Narain Karthikeyan
1
15Fernando Alonso
1
Most points finishes
DriverFinishes
3Fernando Alonso
11
4Lewis Hamilton
10
4Jenson Button
10
6Felipe Massa
9
7Nico Rosberg
8
Most podium finishes
DriverPodiumsFinishes
2Mark Webber
7
3Fernando Alonso
6
3Jenson Button
6
5Lewis Hamilton
4
6Vitaly Petrov
1
Races in season
Driver
5Felipe Massa
12
5Fernando Alonso
12
5Jenson Button
12
5Lewis Hamilton
12
5Mark Webber
12
Race laps driven
DriverLaps
6Kamui Kobayashi
692
7Fernando Alonso
690
8Jenson Button
687
9Nico Rosberg
683
10Jerome d'Ambrosio
682
Race length driven
Driver
7Kamui Kobayashi
3454.591
8Felipe Massa
3454.443
9Jenson Button
3439.91
10Nico Rosberg
3428.008
11Jerome d'Ambrosio
3424.937
Total laps driven
DriverLaps
10Jerome d'Ambrosio
1646
11Adrian Sutil
1633
12Jenson Button
1631
13Michael Schumacher
1628
14Sergio Perez
1555
Points in season
Driver
2Mark Webber
167
3Fernando Alonso
157
4Jenson Button
149
5Lewis Hamilton
146
6Felipe Massa
74
Average finish position
Driver
1Sebastian Vettel
1.58
2Mark Webber
3.42
3Jenson Button
3.5
4Fernando Alonso
3.55
5Lewis Hamilton
3.6
Overall stats: Jenson Button
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#1Best FinishJenson Button1 (11x)
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#1Best QualifyingJenson Button1 (7x)
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#1Best FP1Jenson Button1 (4x)
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#1Best FP2Jenson Button1 (6x)
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#1Best FP3Jenson Button1 (15x)
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#1Best FridayJenson Button1 (10x)
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#1Best SaturdayJenson Button1 (22x)
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Wins
YearRoundRaceNameTeamFinish
201111HungaroringJenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1
20117MontrealJenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1
20104ShanghaiJenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1
20102MelbourneJenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1
20097IstanbulJenson ButtonBrawn-Mercedes1
20096Monte CarloJenson ButtonBrawn-Mercedes1
20095CatalunyaJenson ButtonBrawn-Mercedes1
20094BahrainJenson ButtonBrawn-Mercedes1
20092SepangJenson ButtonBrawn-Mercedes1
20091MelbourneJenson ButtonBrawn-Mercedes1
200613HungaroringJenson ButtonHonda1
Pole positions
YearRoundRaceNameTeamQualified
20091MelbourneJenson ButtonBrawn-Mercedes1
20092SepangJenson ButtonBrawn-Mercedes1
20095CatalunyaJenson ButtonBrawn-Mercedes1
20096Monte CarloJenson ButtonBrawn-Mercedes1
20063MelbourneJenson ButtonHonda1
20058MontrealJenson ButtonBAR-Honda1
20044ImolaJenson ButtonBAR-Honda1
Best practice 1
YearRoundRaceNameTeamFinish
20104ShanghaiJenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1
20108MontrealJenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1
201014MonzaJenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1
20095CatalunyaJenson ButtonBrawn-Mercedes1
Best practice 2
YearRoundRaceNameTeamFinish
20111MelbourneJenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1
20114IstanbulJenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1
20107IstanbulJenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1
20093ShanghaiJenson ButtonBrawn-Mercedes1
20044ImolaJenson ButtonBAR-Honda1
20045CatalunyaJenson ButtonBAR-Honda1
Best practice 3
YearRoundRaceNameTeamFinish
200917Yas MarinaJenson ButtonBrawn-Mercedes1
20061BahrainJenson ButtonHonda1
20054ImolaJenson ButtonBAR-Honda1
20043BahrainJenson ButtonBAR-Honda1
20043BahrainJenson ButtonBAR-Honda1
20045CatalunyaJenson ButtonBAR-Honda1
20047NurburgringJenson ButtonBAR-Honda1
20047NurburgringJenson ButtonBAR-Honda1
20049IndianapolisJenson ButtonBAR-Honda1
200412HockenheimJenson ButtonBAR-Honda1
200413HungaroringJenson ButtonBAR-Honda1
200417SuzukaJenson ButtonBAR-Honda1
200417SuzukaJenson ButtonBAR-Honda1
200418InterlagosJenson ButtonBAR-Honda1
20031MelbourneJenson ButtonBAR-Honda1
Best friday
YearRoundRaceNameTeamSessionFinish
20111MelbourneJenson ButtonMcLaren-MercedesPractice 21
20114IstanbulJenson ButtonMcLaren-MercedesPractice 21
20104ShanghaiJenson ButtonMcLaren-MercedesPractice 11
20107IstanbulJenson ButtonMcLaren-MercedesPractice 21
20108MontrealJenson ButtonMcLaren-MercedesPractice 11
201014MonzaJenson ButtonMcLaren-MercedesPractice 11
20093ShanghaiJenson ButtonBrawn-MercedesFriday practice 21
20095CatalunyaJenson ButtonBrawn-MercedesFriday practice 11
20044ImolaJenson ButtonBAR-HondaFriday practice 21
20045CatalunyaJenson ButtonBAR-HondaFriday practice 21
Best saturday
YearRoundRaceNameTeamSessionFinish
20091MelbourneJenson ButtonBrawn-MercedesQualifying1
20092SepangJenson ButtonBrawn-MercedesQualifying1
20095CatalunyaJenson ButtonBrawn-MercedesQualifying1
20096Monte CarloJenson ButtonBrawn-MercedesQualifying1
200917Yas MarinaJenson ButtonBrawn-MercedesSaturday practice1
20061BahrainJenson ButtonHondaSaturday practice1
20063MelbourneJenson ButtonHondaQualifying1
20054ImolaJenson ButtonBAR-HondaSaturday practice 21
20058MontrealJenson ButtonBAR-HondaQualifying1
20043BahrainJenson ButtonBAR-HondaSaturday practice 11
20043BahrainJenson ButtonBAR-HondaSaturday practice 21
20044ImolaJenson ButtonBAR-HondaSaturday qualifying1
20045CatalunyaJenson ButtonBAR-HondaSaturday practice 11
20047NurburgringJenson ButtonBAR-HondaSaturday practice 11
20047NurburgringJenson ButtonBAR-HondaSaturday practice 21
20049IndianapolisJenson ButtonBAR-HondaSaturday practice 21
200412HockenheimJenson ButtonBAR-HondaSaturday practice 21
200413HungaroringJenson ButtonBAR-HondaSaturday practice 21
200417SuzukaJenson ButtonBAR-HondaSaturday practice 11
200417SuzukaJenson ButtonBAR-HondaSaturday practice 21
200418InterlagosJenson ButtonBAR-HondaSaturday practice 11
20031MelbourneJenson ButtonBAR-HondaSaturday practice 11
#1Worst FinishJenson Button17 (2x)
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#1Worst QualifyingJenson Button21 (3x)
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#1Worst FP1Jenson Button29 (1x)
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#1Worst FP2Jenson Button29 (1x)
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#1Worst FP3Jenson Button20 (2x)
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#1Worst FridayJenson Button29 (2x)
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#1Worst SaturdayJenson Button21 (3x)
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Worst finish
YearRoundRaceNameTeamFinish
200810HockenheimJenson ButtonHonda17
20005CatalunyaJenson ButtonWilliams-BMW17
Worst qualifying
YearRoundRaceNameTeamQualified
20015CatalunyaJenson ButtonBenetton-Renault21
20016A1-RingJenson ButtonBenetton-Renault21
20001MelbourneJenson ButtonWilliams-BMW21
Worst practice 1
YearRoundRaceNameTeamFinish
200615MonzaJenson ButtonHonda29
Worst practice 2
YearRoundRaceNameTeamFinish
200615MonzaJenson ButtonHonda29
Worst practice 3
YearRoundRaceNameTeamFinish
200813Spa-FrancorchampsJenson ButtonHonda20
20052SepangJenson ButtonBAR-Honda20
Worst friday
YearRoundRaceNameTeamSessionFinish
200615MonzaJenson ButtonHondaFriday practice 129
200615MonzaJenson ButtonHondaFriday practice 229
Worst saturday
YearRoundRaceNameTeamSessionFinish
20015CatalunyaJenson ButtonBenetton-RenaultQualifying21
20016A1-RingJenson ButtonBenetton-RenaultQualifying21
20001MelbourneJenson ButtonWilliams-BMWQualifying21
Highs and lows of
Driven for2011 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
2010 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
2009 Brawn GP F1 Team
2008 Honda Racing F1 Team
2007 Honda Racing F1 Team
2006 Lucky Strike Honda Racing F1 Team
2005 Lucky Strike BAR Honda
2004 Lucky Strike BAR Honda
2003 Lucky Strike BAR Honda
2002 Mild Seven Renault F1 Team
2001 Mild Seven Benetton Renault
2000 BMW WilliamsF1 Team
How did he retire
Qualifying Q2Achieved Q2:87
Didn't Q2:15
Qualifying Q3Achieved Q3:59
Didn't Q3:42
Ranking: Jenson Button
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#11Average practice resultJenson Button9.22 place
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#26Average qualifying resultJenson Button10.06 place
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#25Average race pointsJenson Button4.51 points
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#6Most points finishesJenson Button103 finishes
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#469Average race resultJenson Button6.96 place
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#78Ratio avoidable retirementsJenson Button0.38 retirements
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#30Most avoidable retirementsJenson Button18 retirements
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#8Most race lapsJenson Button10496 laps
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#441Oldest driverJenson Button31 years, 7 months, 9 days
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#10Most racesJenson Button202 races
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#10Youngest driverJenson Button20 years, 1 month, 22 days
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#221Biggest gain in raceJenson Button13 places gained
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#27Start from P1Jenson Button7 starts
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#46Most retirementsJenson Button48 retirements
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#17Most podiumsJenson Button37 podiums
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#4Most pointsJenson Button690 points
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#26Most winsJenson Button11 wins
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Average practice result
DriverPlace
9Sebastian Vettel
8.9
10Robert Kubica
8.91
11Jenson Button
9.22
12Michael Ammermuller
9.5
13Felipe Massa
9.61
Average qualifying result
DriverPlace
24Eddie Irvine
9.27
25Michael Andretti
9.77
26Jenson Button
10.06
27Nico Rosberg
10.23
28Alessandro Nannini
10.43
Average race points
DriverPoints
23Niki Lauda
4.67
24Mike Parkes
4.67
25Jenson Button
4.51
26Lee Wallard
4.5
27Felipe Massa
4.48
Most points finishes
DriverFinishes
4David Coulthard
121
5Fernando Alonso
118
6Jenson Button
103
7Nelson Piquet
100
8Ayrton Senna
96
Average race result
DriverPlace
448Fritz Riess
7
448Harry Blanchard
7
469Jenson Button
6.96
470Robert Manzon
6.91
471Rene Arnoux
6.9
Ratio avoidable retirements
DriverRetirements
76Marc Gene
0.38
76Gilles Villeneuve
0.38
78Jenson Button
0.38
78Christian Klien
0.38
78Olivier Panis
0.38
Most avoidable retirements
DriverRetirements
26Niki Lauda
19
26Hans Joachim Stuck
19
30Jenson Button
18
30Damon Hill
18
30Aguri Suzuki
18
Most race laps
DriverLaps
6Riccardo Patrese
11346
7Alain Prost
10543
8Jenson Button
10496
9Nelson Piquet
9827
10Gerhard Berger
9763
Oldest driver
DriverAge
439Ricardo Londono
31 years, 7 months, 21 days
440Guenther Bechem
31 years, 7 months, 12 days
441Jenson Button
31 years, 7 months, 9 days
441Jos Verstappen
31 years, 7 months, 8 days
443Brain McGuire
31 years, 7 months, 3 days
Most races
DriverRaces
8Andrea de Cesaris
209
9Nelson Piquet
205
10Jenson Button
202
10Jean Alesi
202
12Alain Prost
201
Youngest driver
DriverAge
8Sebastian Vettel
19 years, 11 months, 14 days
9Eddie Cheever
20 years, 5 days
10Jenson Button
20 years, 1 month, 22 days
11Troy Ruttman
20 years, 2 months, 19 days
12Sebastien Buemi
20 years, 4 months, 28 days
Biggest gain in race
DriverGain
177David Hobbs
14
177 Peter Broeker
14
221Jenson Button
13
221Vitantonio Liuzzi
13
221Mark Webber
13
Start from P1
DriverStarts
25Riccardo Patrese
8
25John Surtees
8
27Jenson Button
7
27Jacques Laffite
7
29Mark Webber
6
Most retirements
DriverRetirements
44Mark Webber
49
44Ronnie Peterson
49
46Jenson Button
48
46Carlos Reutemann
48
48Hans Joachim Stuck
47
Most podiums
DriverPodiums
15Damon Hill
42
16Lewis Hamilton
40
17Jenson Button
37
17Riccardo Patrese
37
19Graham Hill
36
Most points
DriverPoints
2Fernando Alonso
986
3Alain Prost
798.5
4Jenson Button
690
5Rubens Barrichello
658
6Lewis Hamilton
642
Most wins
DriverWins
22Mario Andretti
12
25Felipe Massa
11
25Jenson Button
11
25Rubens Barrichello
11
25Jacques Villeneuve
11
#10Average qualifying resultJenson Button9.15 place
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#11Average practice resultJenson Button9.51 place
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#5Average race pointsJenson Button6.38 points
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#9Average race resultJenson Button6.5 place
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#4Most points finishesJenson Button57 finishes
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#4Most avoidable retirementsJenson Button9 retirements
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#17Ratio avoidable retirementsJenson Button0.47 retirements
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#5Most race lapsJenson Button5339 laps
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#2Most racesJenson Button101 races
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#28Youngest driverJenson Button26 years, 1 month, 21 days
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#14Oldest driverJenson Button31 years, 7 months, 9 days
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#19Biggest gain in raceJenson Button13 places gained
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#7Start from P1Jenson Button5 starts
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#6Oldest winJenson Button31 years, 6 months, 12 days
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#6Most retirementsJenson Button19 retirements
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#6Youngest winJenson Button26 years, 6 months, 18 days
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#4Most pointsJenson Button523 points
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#7Most podiumsJenson Button25 podiums
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#5Most winsJenson Button11 wins
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Average qualifying result
DriverPlace
8Robert Kubica
7.8
9Michael Schumacher
8.16
10Jenson Button
9.15
11Nico Rosberg
9.47
12Nick Heidfeld
10.06
Average practice result
DriverPlace
9Nico Rosberg
9.38
10Michael Ammermuller
9.5
11Jenson Button
9.51
12Mark Webber
10.18
13Alexandre Premat
10.5
Average race points
DriverPoints
3Fernando Alonso
8.21
4Mark Webber
6.8
5Jenson Button
6.38
6Felipe Massa
6.23
7Michael Schumacher
5.6
Average race result
DriverPlace
7Mark Webber
6.18
8Michael Schumacher
6.33
9Jenson Button
6.5
10Robert Kubica
7.03
11Nick Heidfeld
7.8
Most points finishes
DriverFinishes
2Felipe Massa
68
3Lewis Hamilton
62
4Jenson Button
57
5Mark Webber
54
6Sebastian Vettel
50
Most avoidable retirements
DriverRetirements
2Vitantonio Liuzzi
13
3Mark Webber
10
4Jenson Button
9
4Nelsinho Piquet
9
4David Coulthard
9
Ratio avoidable retirements
DriverRetirements
13Tiago Monteiro
0.5
13Jacques Villeneuve
0.5
17Jenson Button
0.47
18Sebastian Vettel
0.47
19Fernando Alonso
0.45
Most race laps
DriverLaps
3Nico Rosberg
5348
4Felipe Massa
5344
5Jenson Button
5339
6Mark Webber
5100
7Jarno Trulli
4944
Most races
DriverRaces
1Fernando Alonso
101
1Jenson Button
101
1Nico Rosberg
101
1Mark Webber
101
1Rubens Barrichello
101
Youngest driver
DriverAge
26Lucas di Grassi
25 years, 7 months, 3 days
27Timo Glock
25 years, 11 months, 27 days
28Jenson Button
26 years, 1 month, 21 days
29Karun Chandhok
26 years, 1 month, 23 days
30Kimi Raikkonen
26 years, 4 months, 23 days
Oldest driver
DriverAge
12Alexander Wurz
33 years, 7 months, 22 days
13Ralf Schumacher
32 years, 3 months, 21 days
14Jenson Button
31 years, 7 months, 9 days
15Yuji Ide
31 years, 3 months, 2 days
16Takuma Sato
31 years, 2 months, 30 days
Biggest gain in race
DriverGain
13Ralf Schumacher
14
18Narain Karthikeyan
-14
19Jenson Button
13
19Vitantonio Liuzzi
13
19Rubens Barrichello
13
Start from P1
DriverStarts
5Kimi Raikkonen
8
6Mark Webber
6
7Jenson Button
5
8Michael Schumacher
4
9Giancarlo Fisichella
2
Oldest win
DriverAge
4Giancarlo Fisichella
33 years, 2 months, 5 days
5David Coulthard
6Jenson Button
31 years, 6 months, 12 days
7Juan Pablo Montoya
8Fernando Alonso
29 years, 11 months, 9 days
Most retirements
DriverRetirements
4Vitantonio Liuzzi
21
5Heikki Kovalainen
20
6Jenson Button
19
7Nico Rosberg
18
8David Coulthard
17
Youngest win
DriverAge
4Fernando Alonso
24 years, 7 months, 11 days
5Felipe Massa
25 years, 4 months, 2 days
6Jenson Button
26 years, 6 months, 18 days
7Heikki Kovalainen
26 years, 9 months, 15 days
8Kimi Raikkonen
27 years, 5 months, 1 day
Most points
DriverPoints
2Lewis Hamilton
642
3Sebastian Vettel
640
4Jenson Button
523
5Mark Webber
517
6Felipe Massa
511
Most podiums
DriverPodiums
5Sebastian Vettel
30
6Mark Webber
26
7Jenson Button
25
8Robert Kubica
12
8Michael Schumacher
12
Most wins
DriverWins
3Lewis Hamilton
16
4Felipe Massa
11
4Jenson Button
11
6Kimi Raikkonen
9
7Michael Schumacher
7
Jenson Button versus teammates
Qualifying duel
YearDriverTeammate
2011Jenson Button
3
9
Lewis Hamilton
2010Jenson Button
5
14
Lewis Hamilton
2009Jenson Button
7
10
Rubens Barrichello
2008Jenson Button
8
10
Rubens Barrichello
2007Jenson Button
9
8
Rubens Barrichello
2006Jenson Button
9
9
Rubens Barrichello
2005Jenson Button
15
1
Takuma Sato
2005Jenson Button
1
0
Anthony Davidson
2004Jenson Button
11
7
Takuma Sato
2003Jenson Button
8
6
Jacques Villeneuve
2003Jenson Button
1
0
Takuma Sato
2002Jenson Button
5
12
Jarno Trulli
2001Jenson Button
4
13
Giancarlo Fisichella
2000Jenson Button
6
11
Ralf Schumacher
OverallJenson Button
92
110
All Teammates
Points duel
YearDriverTeammate
2011Jenson Button
149
146
Lewis Hamilton
2010Jenson Button
214
240
Lewis Hamilton
2009Jenson Button
95
77
Rubens Barrichello
2008Jenson Button
3
11
Rubens Barrichello
2007Jenson Button
6
0
Rubens Barrichello
2006Jenson Button
56
30
Rubens Barrichello
2005Jenson Button
37
1
Takuma Sato
2005Jenson Button
0
0
Anthony Davidson
2004Jenson Button
85
34
Takuma Sato
2003Jenson Button
12
6
Jacques Villeneuve
2003Jenson Button
5
3
Takuma Sato
2002Jenson Button
14
9
Jarno Trulli
2001Jenson Button
2
8
Giancarlo Fisichella
2000Jenson Button
12
24
Ralf Schumacher
OverallJenson Button
690
589
All Teammates
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