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Jenson Button followed in Lewis Hamilton's footsteps to win the Formula One world championship but will be hoping to avoid matching his fellow Briton's fate when it comes to the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year.

By Colin Leslie CHRIS Hoy capped the most glorious year of his career by lifting the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, and his crown will be passed on next month to one of ten British sportsmen and women short-listed for the coveted prize.

Jenson Button, the Formula One world champion, heads the list of candidates on the shortlist, announced today, for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award to be presented on December 13.

More than 70million was paid to agents by top-flight clubs from October 2008 to September 2009, the Premier League have revealed.

London, Dec 1: Mclaren Formula One team Managing Director Jonathan Neale believes that current F1 champion Jenson Button's "hunger" will give the team extra bite next year.

A boxer, a racing driver and an Ashes-winning cricket captain are among those chosen to slug it out for the crown of BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

Brawn/Mercedes should have "fought" to keep the 2009 driver lineup for next season, according Rubens Barrichello.

McLaren have denied that their 2010 car will favour Lewis Hamilton over new acquisition Jenson Button and insist they are "relishing" the prospect of letting the two world champions take lumps out of each other next year.

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Newly crowned F1 world champion Jenson Button will pay a special visit to the Karting Show at Autosport International 2010, at the NEC Birmingham, to support the Super One 2009 championship awards presentation on Saturday 16 January, it was confirmed on Friday.

SHERSTON youngster Will Maslin has emulated Formula One world champion Jenson Button, by winning at the circuit where his hero started his racing career.

There's than one way to win it all...Jenson Button. Jenson Button's credentials to wear the world drivers' crown have been praised by a man who won three Formula One titles - Niki Lauda.

Newly-crowned 2009 F1 World Champion Jenson Button is odds-on to similarly lift the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, leading bookmakers suggest Jenson Button is in pole position to be crowned 2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year according to leading bookmakers a ' but the man whose F1 World Championship crown he stole, ...

After world champion Jenson Button [ Images ] decided to sign for McLaren [ Images ] last week, speculations had been mounting about Schumacher's comeback to spearhead the official return of Mercedes for the first time since 1955.

Jenson Button insists he's not at all fazed about Sir Jackie Stewart's fears that his move to McLaren will "be like walking into the lions' den." Just a month after winning the Drivers' Championship title with Brawn GP, Button confirmed he will be off to McLaren next season after signing a three-year contract with the Woking team.

Leeds, UK, 23rd November 2009: Internet security specialist SmoothWall, congratulates World Champion Jenson Button on his move to Mclaren and announces that it is supporting F1 in Schools in its search for a future F1 champion.

Mercedes Grand Prix have announced Nico Rosberg as their new driver in their first signing since taking over the Brawn GP team.

A YOUNG Swansea man was standing on a podium of pride when he was granted the opportunity of a lifetime to meet his hero.

Button jumps ship to McLaren, Schumacher rumored to be flirting with new Mercedes GP team.

So now, world title in hand, he jumps to McLaren. Given McLaren's sparkling end of year form some might say thats a pretty good move until you consider that Mercedes' considerable resources are now going the other way to Brawn.