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FORMULA FORD TO WORLD TITLE: BUTTON FOLLOWS A FAMILIAR PATH
18 October 2009:
The British Formula Ford family today joins the UK's motorsport
community in applauding Jenson Button's World Championship
victory. Jenson is the latest in a long line of Formula Ford
racers to make it to the top, adding his name to those of James
Hunt, Emerson Fittipaldi, Jody Scheckter, Ayrton Senna, Nigel
Mansell, Damon Hill, Mika Hakkinen, Michael Schumacher and Kimi
Raikkonen.
"Jenson Button
is Formula Ford's ninth World Champion and the fourth Brit to have
used Formula Ford as a launchpad to motorsporting greatness,"
said Sam Roach, of MSA Formula Ford Championship promoter
RacingLine. "I know that everyone involved with Formula Ford
now and at any stage in its 42-year history will join me in
offering our heartfelt congratulations to Jenson."
Button was Formula
Ford Champion in 1998 at the wheel of a Hayward Racing-run Mygale;
he was Mygale's first champion in the series. Jenson also won the
Formula Ford Festival that season and was the McLaren Autosport
Award winner; he used these successes as his leg up into Formula 3
and F1.
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