Editing Jenson Button (section)

==Early life and education==
Button was born on 19 January 1980 in [[Frome]], Somerset and brought up in nearby [[Mells, Somerset|Vobster, Mells]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Eason|first=Kevin|title=Jenson Button v Lewis Hamilton: who is the best of British?|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/formula-one/article/jenson-button-v-lewis-hamilton-who-is-the-best-of-british-9sv8hdkj60h|access-date=17 April 2011|newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=19 October 2009|url-access=subscription|archive-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115201055/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jenson-button-v-lewis-hamilton-who-is-the-best-of-british-9sv8hdkj60h|url-status=live}}</ref> He is the fourth child of the half-South African Simone Lyons and former [[rallycross]] driver [[John Button (racing driver)|John Button]] from [[East End of London|London's East End]], who was well known in the United Kingdom during most of the 1970s for racing his [[Volkswagen Type 1]], which was nicknamed the ''Colorado Beetle''.{{Sfn|Button|2017|pp=11–14}} Jenson's parents met in [[Newquay]] at a young age and were reunited after a musical concert at [[Longleat]]. According to John, Jenson was named after his Danish friend and rallycross opponent Erling Jensen, changing the "e" to an "o" to differentiate it from [[Jensen Motors]], while Simone recalls that she named him Jenson after noticing a Jensen sports car and thought the change of spelling would be "more mannish".{{Sfn|Button|2017|pp=17–18}}

Button enjoyed racing from an early age, racing a [[BMX bike]] with friends after school,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sites-emma.vuturevx.com/1/14/june-2015/weekly-newsletter---06.12.15.asp|title=Vuture Weekly Newsletter|date=12 June 2015|access-date=14 September 2015|work=Vuture Group|publisher=Emma Hohenstein|first=Emma|last=Hohenstein|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223122351/https://sites-emma.vuturevx.com/1/14/june-2015/weekly-newsletter---06.12.15.asp|archive-date=23 December 2015|url-status=dead}} </ref> and began watching [[Formula One]] (F1) motor racing with his father around the age of five or six. He idolised four-time world champion [[Alain Prost]] for his calm personality and intellectual approach to driving.{{Sfn|Button|2017|pp=24–25}} After his parents divorced when he was seven, he and his three elder sisters were brought up by their mother in Frome.<ref name="baker">Baker, Andrew (19 October 2009). "[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/jenson-button/6366853/Jenson-Buttons-home-town-of-Frome-to-immortalise-Formula-1-World-Champion.html Jenson Button's home town of Frome to immortalise Formula 1 World Champion] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091023195322/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/jenson-button/6366853/Jenson-Buttons-home-town-of-Frome-to-immortalise-Formula-1-World-Champion.html |date=23 October 2009 }}". ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''. Retrieved 23 December 2010.</ref> Button was educated at Vallis First School, Selwood Middle School and [[Frome Community College]].<ref name="Cary">{{cite news|last=Cary|first=Tom|date=4 May 2010|title=Formula One world champion Jenson Button moved by the freedom of Frome|work=The Daily Telegraph|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/jenson-button/7679078/Formula-One-world-champion-Jenson-Button-moved-by-the-freedom-of-Frome.html|url-status=live|access-date=23 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528234755/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/jenson-button/7679078/Formula-One-world-champion-Jenson-Button-moved-by-the-freedom-of-Frome.html|archive-date=28 May 2010}}</ref> His karting career limited his studying and he left school with one [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]]. Button failed his first driving test for driving between two cars on a narrow road.<ref name=F1MagJul13>{{Cite journal|last=Majendie|first=Matt|date=July 2013|title=25 things you never knew about Jenson Button|journal=[[GP Racing|F1 Racing]]|issue=209|pages=79–84|issn=1361-4487}}</ref>