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Button's maiden win in Hungary in 2006

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It was on August 6, 2006 that Jenson Button finally won his first Formula One Grand Prix, and his father John was on hand at the Hungaroring to witness the fulfilment of a life-long dream by his son, who was 26 at the time and competing in his 113th race having made his début with Williams in 2000.

By the time that Button finally made it onto the top step of the podium in Budapest - where he was joined by McLaren's Pedro de la Rosa and Sauber's Nick Heidfeld - he was already in his fourth year at BAR-Honda, little knowing that two years later Honda would abruptly quit the sport and leave Button seemingly out of a job - only for 2009 to turn out instead to be a world championship-winning year for the British star. Funny how these things turn out sometimes...

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.