Did Jenson Button deserve the 2009 F1 Championship?

Question

with the issues with the diffusers at the start of the year, and will he ever be champion again??

Answer 1

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The Championship goes to the driver that scores the most points. Button scored the most points. So unless there is some argument that because he drove a car that was extremely good at the start of the year and shouldn't get as many points for winning, then yes, he absolutely deserved to win!

Last year's Mclaren seems to have been a better car than the Ferrari, should FIA go back and award Hamilton only 8 points for each of his wins since he had a better car, and thus give the Championship to Felipe? Or maybe we should revisit Schumacher's wins since the Ferrari's car was so much better in those years (but give him a Championship for 2006 when he just missed out and it seems like the Renault was so much better)? The fact is, the car is always going to be part of the equation. But where many drivers have the equipment and fail to get it there, Button aided in developing a car that was capable of running away with it at the start of the season and then did just that. He scored the points, and deserved them.

As for the future? Button is an interesting driver to watch... a few races before he won for the first time a few year's ago I was convinced he'd never win a race. But once he did win, he seemed to suddenly show all the promise again. Which then slowly disappeared until the start of this season - the second part of the year being less spectacular, but he continually did what was needed to bring home the championship (something Lewis Hamilton couldn't do in his first try).

Button is a completely different driver when he is driving with confidence, and as he showed in Brazil, driving with a purpose. If next year's Brawn is competitive he will likely continue to be in the mix in the future (assuming he's at Brawn - though he will probably be there or at another competitive team). But another championship will prove elusive unless he can take the next step as a driver and begin to bridge that difference between the confident and nonconfident driver he's been in the past. If he continues to develop as a driver, and shows a talent for helping develop good cars (areas where champions like Schumacher and Alonso excelled), then he has a good chance of getting a second championship.

However, all things considered, it's probably most likely that he will wins some races, score a decent amount of points, and have a very solid career - but ultimately fall short of being at the very top again.

Answer 2

If you win more races than anyone else in a season, and then also accumulate more points by virtue of better race results across the season, then yes you deserve the championship!!

Also remember, if people are going to go down the diffuser issue again... the other teams weren't clever enough to use it, so they should've quit moaning and been smarter, and as for Jenson, Rubens had a DDD too, and he couldn't beat him!?!

Answer 3

I don't think he will win again unless all the other cars are as bad as they were this year at the start...if he hadn't won all the first ha;f of the season races, he wouldn't have won the championship.

If the cars had been the same in the first half as they were in the second half I think it would have been a fight between Vettel and Hamilton for the title.

I've never though of Jenson as a very good driver but I can't say he didn't deserve it. He got the most points, he won fair and square...plus he is British so I have to be a bit pleased, despite him being a bit of a prat... :D

Answer 4

Yes he did. Well, it's only my opinion, but I think that the team did a great job getting him to score in almost every race. About the diffusers, well, they didn't do anything illegal, did they?? The diffusers were deemed legal. It's what F1 teams do all the time, find a loophole in the regulations and make the most of it, that's the way they win races. I think it was sheer genius what they did, and it's common racing knowledge that you might have done everything great, but he other team might have done it better. And that's what they did. However, since the category is so close(everybody is great :D ) I don't think he'll be champion again.

Answer 5

Yes he deserves it, he scored the most points and had the most wins and pulled off some stunning overtakes - what more do you want

He might be champion again, will depend on his car, his luck and whether he keeps the desire

Say what you like about the Brawn diffuser - its only ONE part of the car, and you still have to be able to use the car to 100% of its potential even if it is a good car. Rubens had the same car and didn't win those early races, not to mention Williams and Toyota also had the 'double' diffuser. People make too much out of it.

Answer 6

Yes, He deserves the championshiop because he drove perfectly in the first half of the season and thats what won the championship for him.And in the second half he handled the pressure from his own teammate and the improved RedBulls and Mclaren(Hamilton infact) superbly to maintain the lead in championship.He deserves it.I dont think this question itself is relevant.

Mercedes powered brawn helped him in this cause.So this is the age where championship is not only depended on the driving skills and heavily dependant on the cars.So if he gets a competitive car as in 2009 he will be in the hunt.

Answer 7

Yes he certainly deserves it. But i question whether he is really world champ material and whether or not he is convincing enough to achieve it again.The car certainly is and I suppose we shouldn't begrude the driver who wins the most races winning the championship.

Answer 8

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He's a little more deserving than someone with less points. Someone like Badodour for instance....

If he has the same sort of year he had this year in the future, then yes, he will be champion again.

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Answer 9

He deserves it based on his performance - but I don't think he's the best driver around. He was a little lucky to have a fast car, but he was given an opportunity and he grasped it with both hands. He still had to do a great job to win the champsionship.

Answer 10

The truth is that in F1 its 80% the technology and 20% the drivers skill.Yes he deserve it , remember there are 2 cars in the same team,so sometimes your teammate is the hardest one.

may be I'm Bias , coz i a button fan from 2004

PUSH THE BUTTON :-)

Answer 11

Jenson Button had the most wins and most points from the the entire season..........so who else deserves the championship but Jenson Button...........

as for another championship.............my honest prediction is no............

Answer 12

no, sorry Jenson didn't deserve the WDC and most likely won't win it again.

Having a 2 second gap between you and the rest of the field means anyone would win.