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Daily Mail
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
British racing driver Jenson Button and his model wife Brittny Ward put on a loved-up display at world premiere of F1: The Movie in New York City
Jenson Button and Brittny Ward put on a loved-up display at the world premiere of F1: The Movie in New York City. The British racing driver, 45, and his model wife, 35, were among the F1 and Hollywood stars in attendance for the premiere in Times Square on Monday. Brittny looked glamorous as she donned a peplum black structured corset featuring spiked panels at the bust, as well as flared trousers. She paired the ensemble with black patent stilettos and swept her balyage locked into an up-do exposing a diamond choker necklace. Meanwhile Jenson, who took the 2009 title and is now an F1 pundit for Sky Sports, sported an open-collar black shirt with a pinstripe suit jacket. He also wore black trousers and trainers as he posed alongside his wife. In 2023, the couple opened up about their relationship and how they met in a candid interview. Model Brittny alluded to Jenson's messy split from his first wife Jessica Michibata, saying she met him when he was 'in a divorce situation'. Speaking to The Times, Jenson also admitted that he was a 'selfish human' before having his two kids Hendrix, three, and daughter, Lenny, two, with Brittny. Brittny told the publication of when they first met and got together: 'We sort of had this chemistry right away. It was undeniable and just so easy. 'Jenson was in a divorce situation - not the best timing, but you can't always pick the moment. I think he liked my dry, sarcastic sense of humour.' Racing driver Jenson went on to speak about the joys of parenting, saying these days the 'only race in our house is to be the first to put the children to bed'. He explained: 'I'm a changed man since they were born — sometimes we even fight over who gets to wake them. This is such a wonderful time in my life and I'm very grateful for what I have. She paired the ensemble with black patent stilettos and swept her balyage locked into an up-do exposing a diamond choker necklace 'I raced in Formula One for 17 years. As a driver, everything is done for you and I took that for granted. I became a selfish human being but children changed that.' He added that when his first child Hendrix was born in 2019 he took a while to 'find his place' and be a 'good dad'. He also gushed over his relationship with Brittny saying he knew pretty quickly that she was 'the one'. Jenson and Brittny were forced to postpone their wedding for the second time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, having pushed it back once after unexpectedly falling pregnant with their first child Hendrix. The couple had first been due to tie the knot on July 6, 2019 but Brittny fell pregnant. She wrote on Instagram: 'Today would have been our wedding date in Italy, but in a few weeks we will be mummy and daddy.' Their son, Hendrix, arrived in July 2019 via a planned C-section, and Brittny announced the news with a sweet Instagram post. Sharing a cute photograph of their baby boy's feet, Brittny penned: 'He's here, he's healthy and our hearts couldn't be more full'. Their second planned wedding was thought to be taking place on July 10, 2020, in Lake Como. Brittny and Jenson got engaged in June 2018 after two years of dating. During a candid interview with HELLO! magazine, the Playboy model later described how Jenson was overcome with emotion when he found out he was set to become a father. She said: 'Jenson was away when I found out, and I wanted to tell him face-to face so I waited until he returned home. 'It was so hard to not say anything on the phone but I thought it was more special to do it in person. I gave him a little gift box with the test in it and he started crying. 'It was a very sweet moment. It was exactly what you would want the father of your future child to do.' Jenson was previously engaged to model Louise Griffiths, 40, before the couple split in 2005 after five years of dating. The sporting legend was also married to model Jessica, but split in December 2015 after one year of marriage and a seven year romance.
Telegraph
14-06-2025
- Automotive
- Telegraph
Jenson Button: I am retiring from full-time racing after this season
There may not be a better chance for Jenson Button to add his name to the prestigious winners' list of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, when he starts Saturday's gruelling race from the front row. And, it turns out, this may be his last chance. Twenty-seven years after Button won the British Formula Ford Championship, the first title of an illustrious career that took him to the top of the sport, the 45-year-old is finally ready to start easing back. 'I've got so many things going on and I just can't fit it all in,' Button tells Telegraph Sport from the Circuit de la Sarthe, where he will launch his fourth attempt to win Le Mans. 'Something's got to give.' Now married to former model Brittny Ward, Button has two children at home to worry about, son Hendrix, five, and their daughter Lenny, four. The family live in California, but Button's racing commitments and ambassadorial roles still take him all over the world. With family now coming first, Button is ready to wind it down. 'Next year, I'll probably take a slight back step in terms of I won't be doing a full season,' he says in what feels like a mini-retirement. 'I've got so many things going on and I just can't fit it all in. You know, I've had a fun career and hopefully the next five races this year are going to be awesome and we're going to end on a high. 'It's very unlikely I'll do a full season next year just because of timing. I definitely want to be racing in certain things here and there. I just can't put as much time as needed to one side for racing. You know, kids and life, it's too busy this year.' After leaving Formula One behind nine years ago – apart from a brief Monaco Grand Prix cameo in 2017 – many would have thought Button had retired into the luxuries that being a world champion affords later in life. But that assumption could not be further from reality. Button has become a motorsport nomad, a driver touring the globe in pursuit of the greatest challenges on offer behind the wheel. There was Super GT in Japan, his 2018 Le Mans debut and a foray into German sports cars, DTM. There has been British GT, Extreme E – think high-speed off-roading but on eco-friendly and sustainable fuels – and even Nascar, which culminated in the decision to bring one of the hulking Chevrolet Camaros across the Atlantic and race it here on this track in 2023. But in all that time, one thing regularly evaded Button: winning. The 2009 F1 world champion managed to put together a full season of Super GT in 2018 that led to him securing the championship, but remarkably he has not stood on the top step of the podium for almost seven years. So Button made the decision at the end of 2023 that he needed to settle down and find a permanent home. A nomad no more, the World Endurance Championship – and 25-year Le Mans veterans Team Jota– was his new home. 'I've been all over the place, I've been on the Mobil 1 journey,' he says, having partnered with the motor oil brand for more than two decades. 'It's been a hell of a journey, a lot of great experiences, but the problem is when you're jumping into something, you're not getting the best of yourself. 'When you do one or two races, you're racing against the guys that are the best in the business in that category. You're never going to beat them. So I was like, you know what, I need to do a full season of racing. And last year was an amazing first year to be with Jota, which is a private team, a lot less pressure leading into this year racing with a manufacturer.' Button's unveiling by Jota last year kicked up a stir, with the team unveiling two star-studded line-ups to drive their Porsche hypercar campaign. However, the chance to drive with manufacturer support led the team to switch this year to Cadillac, a move that could pay off handsomely if qualifying was anything to go by. The Jota Cadillacs will start first and second at 3pm on Saturday, leading the thoroughbred field of 62 cars into turn one with the front row locked out. 'There was unbelievable emotion by the whole team, so much adrenalin,' Button says. 'Some might say it is just qualifying, but qualifying in Le Mans is very special and also, because this is the first year of being a manufacturer team with Cadillac, it's a massive deal. And the front row as well, it's insane. Everyone's very happy, so proud of the team. 'We've had an up-and-down week. It's been difficult at times. There's been a lot of emotion flying around, some loud voices in the car. So it's lovely to come away with the one-two.' When it comes to a 24-hour race, qualifying is barely the battle, let alone the war. Button and his team-mates will need to fend off the fast Ferraris and Alpines, which look to have a notable straight-line advantage, while the next two rows of the grid will be filled by Porsche and BMW, who both had opportunities to beat Cadillac to pole. At least a four-horse race beckons, and that is without considering five-time winners Toyota. But the Cadillac offering looks a mighty proposition. As well as two separate entries by Wayne Taylor Racing and American Express Racing Whelan, the team look poised for an assault on what would be a first Le Mans top-class victory. The tears of success were already flowing on Thursday night, when Britain's Alex Lynn put the No 12 Jota Cadillac on pole position, ending a year's worth of heartache. 'It was special,' Lynn tells Telegraph Sport. 'Last year I qualified second, only one-10th [of a second] off. That hurt a lot because I thought the lap I did last year was really good. And to have someone beat it, it just spurred me on.' Unlike Button, Lynn was not so lucky in his pursuit of F1. Having made it to the Williams F1 development driver role, Lynn abandoned his dream and instead carved out a new chapter in WEC and Formula E, the all-electric single-seater series. But he has tasted success winning the Le Mans GTE Pro class in 2020 and standing on the podium two years ago with Cadillac. He has carved out a reputation as being one of the fastest drivers on the grid, and it all comes down to the desire to prove himself as 'Mr Hyperpole'. 'There hasn't really been a day in the last 12 months that I haven't thought about going one better,' he says. 'So actually Thursday night was a lot about redemption for me and wanting to feel that special feeling and being the fastest around Le Mans. 'There is an ego part of that. You want to be the one alone to stand out, but it is a huge team effort and I'm extremely privileged to be the one to be entrusted to deliver the performance when it matters.' At 31, Lynn is 14 years Button's junior and may still have his best racing years ahead of him. That is no longer the case for Button, who wants to go out on a high this year before easing back. 'I love my racing. I always will,' he says. 'I still do historic racing, the Goodwood Revival where I'm racing my C-type Jaguar [that was raced by Juan Manuel Fangio] and my E-type Jaguar. I'm racing in Rolex Reunion, in Laguna Seca in August. So there's so many little things I'm doing outside of the full racing season as well, because I just love driving. 'That probably will be it. Maybe a few other big races and I'd love to do Bathurst one year, maybe Daytona again and then I'd love to do some more cup races in Nascar. There's lots of fun things to do. This year is an important year for me.'
Time of India
30-04-2025
- Time of India
Former F1 champion Jenson Button's wife opens up about shocking £250,000 London robbery: 'I just started crying'
Image credit: Jenson Button/Instagram Formula 1 driver turned F1 analyst Jenson Button's wife Brittny Ward has revealed they lost luggage worth 250,000 pounds during their time in London. She said that it contained two luxury handbags worth around 70,000 pounds and some antique jewellery, which she later realised had been put on sale, but she neither ever wanted to go back to London nor get her stuff back because it had changed so many hands. Jenson Button's wife opens up about the London robbery Brittny Ward has shared that the theft took place at the St Pancras station in London when they were loading the luggage into the car a day before Valentine's Day. Opening up about the moment, she told Mirror in an interview, "I just started crying, I was a little upset with Jenson because I felt like he kind of dropped the ball a little but it's not his fault someone was watching us. He also did get his bag stolen a few months ago in a car park in London.' She confirmed being cautious at all times but added, 'I just didn't think that there were gangs literally just waiting for people and watching." Brittny has now revealed that the thief was caught and is currently awaiting his sentence. 'A lot of people assume, 'Your husband bought you those', but actually I bought about half of them and I worked really hard and to have someone come up to me and take them from me - it's just frustrating,' she added. She wanted to pass them down to her daughter as a family heirloom. She said they have no desire of ever going to London, but she knows they will have to if something very important comes up. More about Jenson Button Jenson Button competed in Formula One from 2000 to 2017 and drove for Williams, Benetton (which became Renault), BAR (which became Honda and then became Brawn GP), and McLaren. He even won the World Drivers' Championship in 2009 with Brawn. Also Read: Full circle in Florida: When Lando Norris won 65 years after Bruce McLaren's breakthrough He currently drives for Jota in the FIA World Endurance Championship and also works as an F1 analyst on TV. Button, 45, got married to Brittny Ward in 2022 and the couple have two children together. They live in Los Angeles in the US.
