Jenson Button was standing at an airport baggage claim in late 2008 when he got a call that the F1 team he drove for was shutting down, and he’d lost his ride. He soon signed with Brawn GP, a team that only existed for one year, 2009 — then drove to his first and only championship in a season many call an F1 fairytale. Does he ever step back and go: “That was me — I won the fairytale season”?
“No,” Button told Motorsport. “Because it wasn't a fairytale season. It was one of the toughest years of my life.”
