My Championship Year By Jenson Button
My Championship Year
The Riveting, Race-by-Race Personal Diary of Jenson Button’s Historic 2009 Grand Prix Miracle
The Riveting, Race-by-Race Personal Diary of Jenson Button’s Historic 2009 Grand Prix Miracle
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: My Championship Year
- Author: Jenson Button
- Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, London
- Publication Date: 19 November 2009
- ISBN-10: 0297860127
- ISBN-13: 9780297860129
- Edition Details: First Trade Softcover Edition, First Printing.
- Binding: Original publisher’s premium heavy-gauge illustrated card wrappers with a distinct protective laminate layer (paperback).
- Physical Format: Quarto (4to), 224 pages. Lavishly enhanced with full-colour grand prix track visuals, car telemetry data matrices, full-page podium plates, and statistical grids.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
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The Book: Used - Very Good (VG)
- Exterior / Wraps: Die oorspronklike hardeband-kwaliteit sagteband-buiteblaaie is in 'n baie goeie toestand. Die voor- en agterkant vertoon plat en vierkantig met uitstekende kleurdiepte. Dit toon slegs ligte, oppervlakkige rakrywing (slightly shelf rubbed) en minimale opstoot-merke (very slight knocking) aan die uiterste agterkant se rante. Die rugkant is heeltemal perfek reguit, ongebreek en sonder enige leesplooie. Hierdie volume is duidelik met sorg hanteer en opgepas.
- Interior: Die teksblok is uiters stewig gebind, reguit en baie skoon. Al 224 bladsye is volledig intact en vry van enige potloodmerke, moderne handtekeninge of skade. Die snykante van die papierblokke toon slegs minimale hanteermerke of ligte stoor-kolletjies (minor marks), wat getuig van minimale en versigtige blaai-blaaie.
- The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)
Synopsis & Historical Value
Published in November 2009 in the raw, euphoric aftermath of his title triumph, My Championship Year stands as the definitive, first-person exposure of the most spectacular fairytale in modern Formula 1 history. The narrative documents a season that began with total catastrophe—the abrupt demise of the factory Honda Racing F1 team leaving Jenson Button facing career extinction—only to culminate in an unbelievable last-minute management buyout by Ross Brawn.
Operating as Button's personal race-by-race weekend diary, the book strips away standard public relations spin to reveal the raw physical, mental, and tactical adjustments required to pilot the revolutionary, double-diffuser equipped Brawn GP chassis. Button shares an intimate, driver's-perspective breakdown of his historic run—winning six of the first seven rounds—and the agonizing psychological pressure of the late-season collapse before securing his crown in dramatic style at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Interspersed with authentic pit-lane radio transcripts, behind-the-scenes engineering logs, and his own raw text messages, this quarto used collectible book serves as an indispensable primary historical archive capturing a motorsport phenomenon right at its peak.
Author Profile: Jenson Button
Jenson Button MBE is a British motorsport icon, the 2009 Formula 1 World Drivers' Champion, and widely considered one of the most smooth, tactically brilliant wet-weather drivers in racing history. Making his high-profile Grand Prix debut in 2000 at just 20 years old, his illustrious career spanned iconic teams including Williams, Renault, BAR, Honda, Brawn, and McLaren, accumulating 15 Grand Prix singles victories and 50 podium finishes across 306 starts. His historic 2009 triumph cemented his place in the FIA Hall of Fame.
Featuring an authoritative foreword by legendary team principal Ross Brawn, the text balances high-speed technical mechanics with deeply human sportsmanship. Button’s unique perspective as a veteran who spent nine years waiting in the wings before securing a truly competitive car ensures this diary cuts through standard celebrity biographies, providing readers with an authentic primary historical record of elite racing culture.
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