Jenson Button karting

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The previous season I took on [karting champion] Giorgio Pantano in America and was 0.3 seconds faster than him in the time trials, but then we suffered seized engines and problems early on.“At the end of the year someone in the team I was driving for had the bright idea of taking a hacksaw to a rear chassis tube. The team - named after Jenson’s late father John’s karting operation Rocket Motorsports - will be fielding the new McLaren 720S GT3 in the GT World Challenge Europe. A third win came in Japan, this time a straight fight between Button, Vettel and Alonso – the three outstanding talents of the year.The MP4-26 may not have been a championship contender, but Button ended the year runner-up to Vettel and comfortably ahead of Hamilton.That ended any realistic chances of a further championship win early on, but he followed up his victory in the opening race of the season with wins at Spa and at the final round in Brazil.Button’s hopes of a competitive showing in his fourth year with McLaren were dashed early in the season. Surprisingly, though Button comfortably out-scored new team mate It wasn’t until long after the season had ended that McLaren elected to renew Button’s contract for a sixth season.Button’s reunion with Honda was an experience disappointingly reminiscent of his frustrating 2007 and 2008 campaigns. 19.6k Likes, 166 Comments - Jenson Button (@jensonbutton) on Instagram: “Always a pleasure to drive this beast. He won all 34 races he entered to dominate the British Cadet Championship. That much was clear as early as the second race in Malaysia, where Button was able to make one fewer pit stop than Hamilton and finish in front of him.He scored a remarkable win in Canada thanks to his skill in mixed weather conditions. But he continued to deliver the goods on race day and consistent points-scoring meant none of his three major rivals were able to keep him from the title.He won the championship at Brazil with a race to spare. Jenson Avenue and The Frome Flyer both honour the child karting sensation that became Formula 1 world champion. All year long the team’s focus had been on readying itself for the 2009 season – but at the beginning of December Honda announced it was quitting the sport, and Button was left wondering if he’d ever get back into an F1 car.Button stayed on board and was rewarded for his loyalty. Ayrton Senna and Jenson Button.”The youngster from Somerset had taken on and beaten the best in the world. Buckmore Park has been at the forefront of British karting for several decades and is a circuit where some of Britain's most successful drivers have mastered their craft.

A pair of opportunistic wins in wet races in Melbourne and Shanghai put him in the lead of the drivers’ championship.But over the balance of the season Hamilton’s edge on raw pace told and he was usually up the road from Button.At times Button’s strategic gambles paid dividends, particularly in Monza where a gamble on strategy brought him within touching distance of another win.Qualifying remained a weakness, however, and after struggling in the rain in Korea he dropped out of contention for the championship.Formula One’s change of tyre supplier to Pirelli, and the accompanying demand for less durable and more challenging rubber to improve the quality of racing, played into Button’s hands in 2011.More so than Hamilton, Button came to understand how to get the best out of the new tyres for longer. The story of Frome’s most famous inhabitant began on 19 January 1980 when Jenson Alexander Lyons Button was born, with a name synonymous with cars and racing. In the year his parents split up (when Jenson was eight) he received a 60cc go-kart for Christmas that quickly satisfied his quest for speed.At the Clay Pigeon kart circuit in Dorset a young Jenson entered his first race in the pouring rain and emerged from the gloom victorious. As a tribute, he wore a pink helmet at his home race, and continued to do so for the rest of the season.It was a trying year for the team which was in a transitional year, using Mercedes engines for the last time and awaiting the return of Honda.

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