Editing Jenson Button (section)

==Driving style==
[[File:Jenson Button Manchester 2011.JPG|thumb|right|Button driving a [[McLaren MP4-23]] car through the streets of [[Manchester]] in August 2011.]]

Button has a smooth driving style;<ref name=BRDCWinter09/> journalist [[Mark Hughes (journalist)|Mark Hughes]] wrote in 2009:

<blockquote>Button has a fantastic feel for how much momentum can be taken into a corner and this allows him to be minimal in his inputs—his steering and throttle movements in particular tend to be graceful and beautifully co-ordinated.<ref name="hughes">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8254706.stm|title=Why Barrichello is beating Button|first=Mark|last=Hughes|date=15 September 2009|access-date=23 December 2010|publisher=BBC Sport|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911000242/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8254706.stm|archive-date=11 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref></blockquote>

This allows him to perform well in wet-weather where the front of the car tends to slide more than the rear,<ref name=BUTCurious>{{cite journal|last=Anderson|first=Ben|title=The Curious Case of Jenson Button|url=http://porschecarshistory.com/wp-content/old/lib/magazines/autosport/2016/08/AS2016.08.25.pdf|journal=Autosport|date=25 August 2016|pages=5–20|access-date=4 May 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504205224/http://porschecarshistory.com/wp-content/old/lib/magazines/autosport/2016/08/AS2016.08.25.pdf|archive-date=4 May 2020}}</ref> and many believe his smooth style better preserves the tyres during a race.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/7430523/Bahrain-Grand-Prix-David-Coulthards-guide-to-the-race-weekend.html | title=Bahrain Grand Prix: David Coulthard's guide to the race weekend | work=The Daily Telegraph | access-date=21 November 2010 | date=12 March 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205055229/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/7430523/Bahrain-Grand-Prix-David-Coulthards-guide-to-the-race-weekend.html | archive-date=5 February 2011 | url-status=live }}</ref> He adapted his style in go-karts and transferred it to more powerful machinery.<ref name=AutosportDrivingStyle/> Since 2000, Button has braked with his left foot,<ref name=FFFF2000>{{cite journal|last=Hughes|first=Mark|title=First-rate first year|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/december-2000/24/first-rate-first-year|journal=Motor Sport|volume=LXXVII|number=12|date=December 2000|access-date=7 May 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427041819/https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/december-2000/24/first-rate-first-year|archive-date=27 April 2020}}</ref> by dragging the brake pedal and stopping the car in less time to control and modulate power.<ref name=F1RacingDec13>{{cite journal|last=Windsor|first=Peter|author-link=Peter Windsor|title=No more Mr nice guy|journal=F1 Racing|date=December 2013|issue=214|pages=42–45|issn=1361-4487}}</ref>{{Sfn|Button|2019|p=110}} He likes to turn into a corner early under braking and balance the car on pedal application and steering,<ref name=F1MagDriving/> creating more strain in tyre loads for a longer physical lap but allowing for a higher minimum corner entry speed and allowing Button to adapt to a changeable or slippery track.<ref name=F1RacingDec13/>

He is comfortable driving a car with understeer,<ref name=AutosportDrivingStyle>{{cite journal|last=Anderson|first=Ben|title=The Method Behind The Mastery – The Classicist – Jenson Button|url=https://porschecarshistory.com/wp-content/old/lib/magazines/autosport/2016/11/AS2016.11.10.pdf|journal=Autosport|pages=18–19|date=10 November 2016|access-date=5 May 2020|archive-date=27 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227032354/https://porschecarshistory.com/wp-content/old/lib/magazines/autosport/2016/11/AS2016.11.10.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> prefers the rear to be stable into corners and on which he is able to lean on leaving them,<ref name=BBCSportNov16>{{cite web|last=Benson|first=Andrew|title=Jenson Button: 'There were days he was untouchable'|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/34317592|publisher=BBC Sport|date=3 September 2016|access-date=5 May 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129212203/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/34317592|archive-date=29 January 2020}}</ref> and rarely locks the inside of his front tyres.<ref name=F1RacingDec13/> His smooth driving also means he cannot generate the necessary tyre temperature on a cool track.<ref name="hughes"/> Button occasionally cannot get his tyres to operate efficiently over a single lap in qualifying because his gentle steering produces less energy into the wheel.<ref name=BUTCurious/><ref name=AutosportDrivingStyle/> His driving gave him additional thought time and be less prone to making an error for improved consistency in races and notices events without the team necessarily instructing him on what to do.<ref name=BUTCurious/> Button accurately exploits grip on a damp corner to adapt to his limits earlier than other drivers. During 2001 and 2007, when [[traction control]] was legal in F1, he was able to control the throttle pedal to prevent [[wheelspin]], allowing him to be as fast due to his feel for grip exiting a turn.<ref name=F1MagDriving>{{cite journal|last=Benson|first=Andrew|title=The Curious Case of Jenson Button|journal=F1 Racing|date=March 2013|issue=205|pages=70–72|issn=1361-4487}}</ref>

===Driver number===
For the 2014 season, the FIA created a new sporting regulation allowing a driver to select a unique car number for use throughout their F1 career. Button chose the number 22, which was the one he was assigned in his 2009 championship season.<ref>{{cite web|title=McLaren – Button opts for No.22|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/mclaren/motorsport/story/141431.html|publisher=ESPN|date=10 January 2014|access-date=6 May 2020|archive-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115201108/http://en.espn.co.uk/mclaren/motorsport/story/141431.html|url-status=live}}</ref>