Editing Jenson Button (section)

==Public image==
Button has received a varying amount of press coverage from minor to extensive on his F1 career and personal life;<ref name="FFFF2000" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/09/buttonmania-in-f1-paddock/|title=Buttonmania in F1 Paddock|last=Spurgeon|first=Brad|date=9 May 2009|work=[[The New York Times International Edition|International Herald Tribune]]|access-date=14 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001060324/https://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/09/buttonmania-in-f1-paddock/|archive-date=1 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Driving2017>{{Cite news|url=https://www.driving.co.uk/news/interview/jenson-button-quitting-f1-fathers-death/|title=Jenson Button on Quitting F1, Richard Branson and his Father's Death|last=Rufford|first=Nick|date=16 October 2017|work=The Sunday Times|access-date=15 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215184820/https://www.driving.co.uk/news/interview/jenson-button-quitting-f1-fathers-death/|archive-date=15 December 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> this effect has been labelled "Buttonmania".<ref name=AW2014/><ref>{{Cite magazine|date=10 September 2000|title=Eye of the Tiger Jenson Button is clawing his way toward the top in his first F/1 season|url=https://www.si.com/vault/2000/09/11/287783/eye-of-the-tiger-jenson-button-is-clawing-his-way-toward-the-top-in-his-first-f1-season|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|page=76|access-date=14 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214110528/https://www.si.com/vault/2000/09/11/287783/eye-of-the-tiger-jenson-button-is-clawing-his-way-toward-the-top-in-his-first-f1-season|archive-date=14 December 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Prior to winning the 2009 championship, his lack of success led critics to label him "a nearly man" and "a pin-up and lightweight" for his photogenic appearance,<ref name=Driving2017/> but it ceased following his success.<ref name=ThePeak2014>{{cite web|last=Lim-Pestana|first=Alex|title=Jenson Button Keeps Calm Under Pressure|url=https://www.thepeakmagazine.com.sg/interviews/jenson-button-keeps-calm-under-pressure/|work=The Peak Singapore|date=13 November 2014|access-date=25 August 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200825073410/https://www.thepeakmagazine.com.sg/interviews/jenson-button-keeps-calm-under-pressure/|archive-date=25 August 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Ben Anderson of ''[[Autosport]]'' notes that the driver "is rarely picked as one of grand prix racing's true elite drivers" and is not "discussed in the same breath as those, such as Schumacher and Ayrton Senna" due to "a lack of absolute dynamism behind the wheel in difficult technical circumstances – perhaps holds him back from being regarded as among the true elite."<ref name=BUTCurious/> Writing for ''[[The New York Times]]'', Brad Spurgeon said that Button's F1 debut began a trend of teams signing young drivers and how they would cope with pressure, performance and the media in the championship.<ref>{{cite news|last=Spurgeon|first=Brad|title=Jenson Button's Bumpy Road to the Top|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/21/sports/autoracing/21iht-srf1profile21.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=20 July 2012|access-date=7 May 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130232432/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/21/sports/autoracing/21iht-srf1profile21.html|archive-date=30 January 2018}}</ref> [[BBC Sport]]'s Andrew Benson called him "urbane and eloquent. Good-looking and charismatic, he is a marketing person's dream, and has a ready wit that can edge into sarcasm if he is impatient or uncomfortable with a situation."<ref name=BBCSportNov16/>

Button finished second to footballer [[Ryan Giggs]] in voting for the 2009 [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award]].{{efn|He was nominated for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award three years earlier.<ref>{{cite web|title=Grapevine: Button on BBC award shortlist|url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/55897/button-on-bbc-award-shortlist|work=Autosport|date=4 December 2006|access-date=14 August 2020|archive-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115201053/https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/55897/button-on-bbc-award-shortlist|url-status=live}}</ref>}}<ref>{{cite news|last=D'Albiac|first=Stephen|title=When Jenson Button was robbed at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards|url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/sport/other-sport/jenson-button-robbed-bbc-sports-916598|publisher=Somerset Live|date=12 December 2017|access-date=21 April 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121070335/http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/sport/other-sport/jenson-button-robbed-bbc-sports-916598|archive-date=21 January 2018}}</ref> He also won the BBC West Country's Sports Personality of the Year and the [[Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year|Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year]] award.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=11 March 2010|title=Button, Brawn win Laureus awards|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/grapevine.php/id/81971|magazine=Autosport|access-date=11 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314141819/http://www.autosport.com/news/grapevine.php/id/81971|archive-date=14 March 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> He won the 2000 [[BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year|BBC Sports Personality of the Year Newcomer Award]] for finishing eighth in that year's F1 season,<ref name=DTCompare>{{Cite news|last=Jamieson|first=Alastair|date=19 October 2009|title=Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton: how their winning seasons compared|work=The Daily Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/6367601/Jenson-Button-and-Lewis-Hamilton-how-their-winning-seasons-compared.html|url-status=live|access-date=7 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091023195843/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/6367601/Jenson-Button-and-Lewis-Hamilton-how-their-winning-seasons-compared.html|archive-date=23 October 2009}}</ref> the [[Lorenzo Bandini Trophy]] in 2001,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A73206852/GPS?u=wikipedia&sid=GPS&xid=a4c7c9c5|title=Button resolves to work through his frustrations; Motor racing|last=Eason|first=Kevin|date=14 April 2001|work=[[The Times]]|access-date=12 August 2019|page=39|via=Gale Academic OneFile|url-access=subscription|archive-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115201119/https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&u=wikipedia&id=GALE%7CA73206852&v=2.1&it=r&sid=GPS&asid=a4c7c9c5|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Hawthorn Memorial Trophy]] as the most successful British or Commonwealth driver in a season five times: from 2004 to 2006, 2009 and 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hawthorn Memorial Trophy|url=https://www.motorsportuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Night_of-Champions.pdf|publisher=[[Motorsport UK]]|pages=12–13|date=January 2020|access-date=6 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506153254/https://www.motorsportuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Night_of-Champions.pdf|archive-date=6 May 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Button was voted the Autosport Rookie of the Year in 2000,<ref name=Autosport11Aug16/> the International Racing Driver Award in 2004 and 2009,<ref>{{cite web|last=Glendineering|first=Mark|title=Int. Racing Driver: Jenson Button|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80463|work=Autosport|date=6 December 2009|access-date=6 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023080522/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80463|archive-date=23 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the British Competition Driver of the Year in 2003, 2009, 2011 and 2012.<ref>{{cite web|last=O'Leary|first=Jamie|title=Autosport Awards: Jenson Button wins British Competition Driver|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104699|work=Autosport|date=2 December 2012|access-date=6 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226163629/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104699|archive-date=26 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> He won the BRDC Gold Star in 2004 and 2009,<ref>{{cite web|title=BRDC rewards Button and Richards|url=https://www.grandprix.com/news/brdc-rewards-button-and-richards.html|publisher=GrandPrix.com|date=19 January 2005|access-date=7 May 2020|archive-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115201113/https://www.grandprix.com/news/brdc-rewards-button-and-richards.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sailsbury|first=Matt|title=F1 stars win big at annual BRDC awards|url=https://www.crash.net/f1/news/155227/1/f1-stars-win-big-at-brdc-awards|publisher=Crash|date=9 December 2009|access-date=7 May 2020|archive-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115201109/https://www.crash.net/f1/news/155227/1/f1-stars-win-big-at-brdc-awards|url-status=live}}</ref> and was inducted into the [[FIA Hall of Fame]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=FIA launches F1 Hall of Fame in Paris|work=Speedcafe |url=https://www.speedcafe.com/2017/12/06/fia-launches-f1-hall-fame-paris/|date=6 December 2017|access-date=6 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403182330/https://www.speedcafe.com/2017/12/06/fia-launches-f1-hall-fame-paris/|archive-date=3 April 2018|url-status=live |last1=Com |first1=Speedcafe }}</ref>

He was appointed [[Order of the British Empire|Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2010 New Year Honours]] for services to motorsport.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=59282 |date=31 December 2009 |page=14 |supp=y}}</ref> Button's home town, Frome, has named a street and a footbridge over the [[River Frome, Bristol|River Frome]] after him,<ref>{{cite news|last=Das|first=Devadyuti|title=Button goes Froooome, Frooooome for Christmas|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/26804329.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|agency=Times News Network|date=3 December 2013|access-date=29 April 2020|archive-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115201136/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/racing/top-stories/Button-goes-Froooome-Frooooome-for-Christmas/articleshow/26804329.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> and has awarded him the [[Freedom of the City|freedom of the town]].<ref name="Cary"/> Button received an [[Honorary degree|honorary doctorate]] in engineering from the [[University of Bath]] in December 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Luke|title=Jenson Button receives honorary degree from University of Bath (video)|url=https://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2016/12/08/jenson-button-receives-honorary-degree-from-university-of-bath-video/|publisher=NBC Sports|date=8 December 2016|access-date=7 May 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222223019/http://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2016/12/08/jenson-button-receives-honorary-degree-from-university-of-bath-video/|archive-date=22 December 2016}}</ref> He has authored five books about his life and career.{{efn|These include: 
* ''My Life on The Formula One Rollercoaster'' (ghostwritten by the journalist [[David Tremayne]] in 2002)<ref>{{cite news|last=Battersby|first=Kate|title=Why Formula One did not 'rape' Button|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/why-formula-one-did-not-rape-button-6312139.html|work=[[London Evening Standard]]|date=18 February 2002|access-date=6 May 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004034409/http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/why-formula-one-did-not-rape-button-6312139.html|archive-date=4 October 2015}}</ref>
* ''My World'' (2007)<ref>{{cite web|last=Bent|first=Horace|title=Bright as Button|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/bright-button|work=[[The Bookseller]]|date=22 June 2006|access-date=6 May 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412151346/http://www.thebookseller.com/news/bright-button|archive-date=12 April 2016}}</ref>
* ''My Championship Year'' (2009)<ref>{{cite web|last=Neill|first=Graeme|title=Publishers on starting grid with Button|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/publishers-starting-grid-button|work=The Bookseller|date=19 October 2009|access-date=7 May 2020|url-status=live|archive-date=2 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802081018/https://www.thebookseller.com/news/publishers-starting-grid-button}}</ref>
* ''Life to The Limit'' (2017)<ref>{{cite news|last=Bull|first=Tom|title=Formula 1 driver Jenson Button will be signing his hook Life to the Limit at Bluewater|url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/15572162.formula-1-driver-jenson-button-will-be-signing-his-hook-life-to-the-limit-at-bluewater/|work=[[News Shopper]]|date=3 October 2017|access-date=6 May 2020|archive-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115201115/https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/15572162.formula-1-driver-jenson-button-will-be-signing-his-hook-life-to-the-limit-at-bluewater/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''How to be an F1 Driver'' (2019)<ref name=DT2019/>
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Button's 2009 championship winning season and Brawn GP's rise to success is the focus of the 2023 [[Disney+]] miniseries ''[[Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/nov/15/brawn-the-impossible-formula-1-story-review-keanu-reeves |title=Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story review – Keanu Reeves is adorable |work=The Guardian |first=Jack |last=Seale |date=15 November 2023 |access-date=15 November 2023 |archive-date=15 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115051255/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/nov/15/brawn-the-impossible-formula-1-story-review-keanu-reeves |url-status=live }}</ref>