Editing Jenson Button (section)

====Benetton (2001)====
[[File:Button 2001.jpg|thumb|right|Button at the {{F1GP||2001 French}} driving for [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]].]]

For {{F1|2001}}, Button partnered experienced driver [[Giancarlo Fisichella]] at Benetton, which had recently been purchased by [[Renault in Formula One|Renault]]. His car was very uncompetitive due to a lack of [[power steering]] and horsepower to the faster teams coupled with a lack of pre-season testing and he was consistently outperformed by his teammate.<ref name="Tremayne2001">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/buttons-battle-to-rebuild-his-image-677797.html|title=Button's battle to rebuild his image|date=15 July 2001|first=David|last=Tremayne|work=The Independent|access-date=30 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713000011/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/buttons-battle-to-rebuild-his-image-677797.html|archive-date=13 July 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2001/may/26/formulaone.formulaone2001|title=Button's slow road to trouble in paradise|last=Henry|first=Alan|date=26 May 2001|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=15 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215210145/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2001/may/26/formulaone.formulaone2001|archive-date=15 December 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> He finished 17th in the [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|Drivers' Championship]] with a total of two points scored; his best result was a fifth-place finish at the {{F1 GP|2001|German}}.<ref name=MMagBio/> His poor form led to speculation he would be replaced before the end of the year;<ref name="Tremayne2001"/> team principal [[Flavio Briatore]] said, "Either he shows he's super-good or he leaves the top echelon of drivers",<ref name="Edworthy"/> and reportedly offered him the chance to leave.<ref name="Gordon">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/button-confident-he-has-talent-to-realise-his-dream-671142.html|title=Button confident he has talent to realise his dream|date=28 September 2001|work=The Independent|first=Ian|last=Gordon|access-date=30 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614091554/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/button-confident-he-has-talent-to-realise-his-dream-671142.html|archive-date=14 June 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Briatore believed Button's inexperience showed as he struggled to help his team set up a competitive car.<ref name="Gordon"/> His lack of success combined with an extravagant lifestyle led some press publications to dub him a "[[Playboy lifestyle|playboy]]".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/3008937/Coulthard-and-Button-find-common-ground.html |title=Coulthard and Button find common ground |date=14 July 2001 |first=James |last=Mossop |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=30 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903005143/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/3008937/Coulthard-and-Button-find-common-ground.html |archive-date=3 September 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>