Editing Jenson Button (section)

====2011====
[[File:2011 Canadian GP - Winner (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Button celebrating his win of the {{F1GP||2011 Canadian}}]]

Button's [[McLaren MP4-26|MP4-26]] car for {{F1|2011}} was built around his taller frame from intra-team input in late 2010.<ref name=RacerApr11>{{cite journal|last=Hughes|first=Mark|author-link=Mark Hughes (journalist)|title=Affinity and beyond: in Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, McLaren may have formed the ideal combo of talents and character traits|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A252562642/GPS?u=wikipedia&sid=GPS&xid=804cf973|journal=Racer|date=April 2011|page=42+|access-date=4 May 2020|via=Gale in Context: Biography|url-access=subscription|archive-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115201108/https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&u=wikipedia&id=GALE%7CA252562642&v=2.1&it=r&sid=GPS&asid=804cf973|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=ButtonCooper2011>{{cite web|last=Cooper|first=Adam|title=The story behind Button's greatest season|url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/feature/4129/the-story-behind-button-greatest-season|work=Autosport|date=30 December 2011|access-date=4 May 2020|url-access=subscription|archive-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115201113/https://www.autosport.com/f1/feature/4129/the-story-behind-button-greatest-season|url-status=live}}</ref> He believed the introduction of [[Pirelli]] tyres that season would suit his smooth driving style and said a world championship victory would make it difficult for him to retire from F1.<ref>{{cite news|last=Riddell|first=Don|title=Button – new tires will suit my racing style|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/motorsport/03/23/motorsport.f1.button.interview/index.html|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=24 March 2011|access-date=4 May 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415074125/http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/motorsport/03/23/motorsport.f1.button.interview/index.html|archive-date=15 April 2011}}</ref> Button began the season by finishing no lower than sixth in the first six races with three podium results.{{Sfn|Button|2017|pp=273–274}} He won the rain-affected {{F1GP|2011|Canadian}} after two collisions dropped him to the back of the field and overtaking Vettel when the latter ran wide on the slippery track on the final lap.{{Sfn|May|2013|pp=109–113}} Button then won the {{F1GP|2011|Hungarian}}, which was held in similar weather, and the {{F1GP|2011|Japanese}}, but his results over the course of the season mathematically eliminated him from championship contention when Vettel took the title in Japan. Button took 3 victories and 12 podium finishes to finish runner-up with 270 points.<ref name="MMagBio" />{{sfn|Button|2017|pp=284–289}}