In doing so he retained the British grip of the Championship previously held by Lewis Hamilton last season.
His success is all the more remarkable when you consider that his construction team, Brawn GP, struggled to secure the finances to compete in this years event and were on the verge of folding just days before the seasons first race in Melbourne.
Button becomes the first driver to win the Championship having taken over 100 career races to secure his first victory. In fact, previous to this campaign he had only one solitary race win to show for 9 seasons of racing.
The chart below has been compiled to delve into just how tough a ride Jenson has had this season and how his haul of Championship points compares to all of the other F1 champs from down the years:
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/datablog/2009/oct/19/jenson-button-formula-one-championship-winnersRelated links and websites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenson_Button#Complete_Formula_One_results
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/default.stm
http://www.formula1.com/
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