In his autobiography 'Life to the Limit', Button revealed there was the odd moment of friction between the pair at the Woking-based outfit, particularly following a tense duel during the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix. "Both British, racing for a British team, both world champions, fresh new world champions, so it put a lot of pressure on us and that made it fun, I really enjoyed that challenge." I moved to his team, if you like, so I walked in the door looking for that challenge of racing against Lewis Hamilton. Because I came from Brawn, where I won the world championship in 2009 - and he won the previous world championship in 2008, with McLaren. Over those three years we won a lot and some of the races I did win were the best races in my career, because I had to beat Lewis to achieve them. "In a race, I could challenge him, and we could race for wins.
"He is unbelievably quick and, over one lap, he is the quickest guy I think that has ever driven a Formula One car," Button told Sky Sports. The 37-year-old, who retired from F1 at the end of the 2016 campaign - barring a one-off appearance at last year's Monaco Grand Prix as stand-in for Fernando Alonso - admits that while he could match Hamilton in race-trim, his former teammate held all the aces over one lap. Jenson Button: Racing against Lewis Hamilton brought out the best in meĢ009 world champion Jenson Button says he was inspired to produce the best performances of his Formula One career when racing against Lewis Hamilton at McLaren.īutton and Hamilton were partnered at McLaren between 20, with Button managing to out-score his fellow countryman on points across their three-year spell as teammates, a feat he shares with only one other driver, after Nico Rosberg pipped Hamilton to the title in 2016. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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