Jenson Button began karting at the age of eight and achieved early success, before progressing to car racing in the British Formula Ford Championship and the British Formula Three Championship. He first drove in Formula One with the Williams Team for the 2000 season. The following year he switched to Benetton which in 2002 became Renault and then for the 2003 season he moved to BAR. They were subsequently renamed Honda for the 2006 Season, during which Button won his first Grand Prix in Hungary after 113 races. Button won the World Championship in 2009 with 95 points with Brawn GP.