The First Time – with McLaren’s Jenson Button

This season has followed a somewhat unusual trajectory for Jenson Button, encompassing everything from a podium in the first race to uncertainty about whether the 2014 finale will also be his last Formula One Grand Prix.

Ahead of what could therefore be an emotional race, we asked Button about some of the other ‘firsts’ in his life, from his first driving lessons with ‘Papa Smurf’ to his earliest sporting success