22. Jenson Button
Wins & Podiums: 15 W, 50 P
Jenson Button is the last British driver not named Lewis Hamilton to win the World Drivers’ Championship. Button’s career began in 2000 and came to an end in ’17. Over the years, the Somerset native made 306 starts and notched 15 victories. Button’s breakthrough came in his fifth season, ’04, when he finished third overall in the WDC. That season, Button finished on the podium 10 times.
Four disappointing years followed, but Button struck gold in ’09. Racing for Brawn GP, Button won six of the season’s first seven races en route to winning the WDC. Button would go on to finish second in the WDC in ’11, but would only net one more top-5 finish before retiring in ’17.
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