Jenson enters the history books as Brawn seal Monaco one-two
Published on: 24th May, 2009
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Jenson Button earned himself a place in Formula One’s history books with a
pole-to-flag victory in today’s Monaco Grand Prix.
It was Button’s fifth win in six races, and he joins a pantheon of F1 greats to achieve such a feat, after Alberto Ascari (1952), Juan Manuel Fangio (1954), Jim Clark (1965), Sir Jackie Stewart (1969), Nigel Mansell (1992) and Michael Schumacher (1994, 2002 and 2004).
The brilliant Briton also spearheaded a third Brawn GP one-two of the season, stretching his convincing lead over team-mate Rubens Barrichello to 16 points, with Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen back on the podium for the first time since last year’s Brazilian Grand Prix.
Button joins another exclusive club, becoming only the sixth Briton in the 60 years of the world championship to win in Monaco.
Stirling Moss, Graham Hill, Sir Jackie Stewart, David Coulthard and Lewis Hamilton have all previously emerged victorious at the end of the world’s most famous motor sport event.
Now Button can add his name to that illustrious list of Britons, and at a venue where his apartment is just a short walk away from the far eastern side of the circuit at Portier.
It was as routine as they get, with Button making it look easy in a car that has won in a park, in the wet, the dry, and now on the streets as the Brawn has so far supremely adapted to every type of condition.
Once he was away cleanly from the start, what followed was a drive of sheer class and perfection, underpinned by the car beneath him.
Hamilton had predicted that without any incidents, Button would enjoy a nice Sunday drive, and that was precisely the case.
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