Jenson Button began his Formula One career in an era that featured some of the sport’s greats.At the tender age of 20, Button, then Britain’s youngest ever F1 driver, was going wheel-to-wheel with the likes of Michael Schumacher, Mika Hakkinen, David Coulthard and Jacques Villeneuve.That’s some collection of names, but Button held his own in his first season on the grid, finishing fourth at the German Grand Prix and collecting a total of 12 points to finish 8th in the world championship.
Speaking to Daily Star Sport at the launch of his exclusive Readly magazine collection, the 2009 F1 world champion reveals what it was like during that first season 21 years ago and who he looked up to on the grid.
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