Jenson Button talks on Sky Sports F1 prior to the F1 Grand Prix of Qatar - Source: Getty
Former F1 world champion Jenson Button went on to win the driver's championship despite Brazilian F1 broadcasters attempting to put a curse on him ahead of the race weekend in 2009. It was a roller coaster of a season for the British driver as heading into the year, he was almost out of a drive after Honda decided to pull back from F1 due to their financial crisis.
After former Ferrari team principal Ross Brawn stepped in and bought the team from Japanese manufacturers and got an engine from Mercedes, the outfit was renamed BrawnGP. The newly-founded team had a fairytale start to the season as Button and Barichello raced ahead in both the championships.
The driver's title was fought between the two BrawnGP drivers with the Brazilian driver Barichello making a late-season comeback to cut down the gap to 14 points with two races remaining.
