Jenson Button - Sports Personality

[Evangelion]

To vote for Jenson Button in the BBC West Sports Personality of the year award,

text

West Jenson

to 88822.

We don't want boring golfers or cricketers winning it do we?

[NewMetalSystem]

He has it sewn up. Surely.
We haven't had any champions in football, rugby or tennis. No one individual 'shone' in the ashes.
The only person I can think of is David Haye, after the hype he received after beating Valuev.

[MrOS]

Button has surely got to win!

How many other people have achieved a "World Champion" status this year???

[Mr_Thyroid]

Beth Tweddle
Jessica Ennis

Realistically I think it's between Ennis and Haye. Even amoung motor racing fans Buttons performances have left too many people underwealmed.

Edited by Mr_Thyroid on Saturday 28th November 16:44

[MrOS]

Ah, forgot about Ennis, she could be in for a shot!

[FourWheelDrift]

Mr_Thyroid said:

Beth Tweddle
Jessica Ennis

Without Googling it I think most people will say "Who?"

And you might as well mention Phillips Idowu, he also got Gold this year in the 2009 World Athletics Championships. Or Victoria Pendleton & Chris Hoy who both took World titles at the Cycling World Championships. Or Phil Taylor in darts or John Higgins in snooker etc...........

[timbo48]

....or Steve Peat in mountain biking.

[wanacoop]

I didn't think the vote counted until the live show??

[NewMetalSystem]

FourWheelDrift said:

Mr_Thyroid said:

Beth Tweddle
Jessica Ennis

Without Googling it I think most people will say "Who?"

Agreed.

Edited by NewMetalSystem on Saturday 28th November 17:54

[anonymous-user]

Evangelion said:

To vote for Jenson Button in the BBC West Sports Personality of the year award,

text

West Jenson

to 88822.

We don't want boring golfers or cricketers winning it do we?

nor do i want jenson button. hes a nice bloke and a worthy f1 champion but his achievements pale into insignificance alongside the likes of chrissie wellington and bradley wiggins....

[FourWheelDrift]

pablo said:

his achievements pale into insignificance alongside the likes of chrissie wellington .

double who??

[Johno]

Cal Crutchlow !



'World' Supersport Champion at his first attempt and apart from Eugene Laverty, left the rest of the field in his wake in the tightest motorcyle formula there is . . .



Bradley Smith, 2nd in the 125GP World series this year. Only person to do this for Britain since Barry Sheene !



For a General Motorsport forum this really should be called the F1 and some other stuff maybe forum

[FourWheelDrift]

Or Rob Armistead, Champion driver in 950 kg modified tractors class of the Eurocup Tractor Pulling Championships.

[sjg]

If there was any justice, it would be the triathlete Chrissie Wellington. Turned pro start of 2007, after not doing much in the way of big distances and by the end of the year was women's Ironman champion - absolutely unprecedented for someone to do that in their first year of IM distance. She won it again in 2008, and again this year - beating a course record that's stood since 1992.

It'll probably be Jenson though.

[skatty]

Evangelion said:

To vote for Jenson Button in the BBC West Sports Personality of the year award,

I don't think the words 'Jenson Button and Personality' should be in the same sentance

[FourWheelDrift]

skatty said:

Evangelion said:

To vote for Jenson Button in the BBC West Sports Personality of the year award,

I don't think the words 'Jenson Button and Personality' should be in the same sentance

Have you never seen him before? Of course he's got personality.

[thunderbelmont]

FourWheelDrift said:

Or Rob Armistead, Champion driver in 950 kg modified tractors class of the Eurocup Tractor Pulling Championships.

I take it that's Brian's son.

Though Brian never made it to Sports Personality Of The Year even when he won the European Championship on numerous occasions (9 times in 10 years between 1990 and 2000!)
Brian actually has a personality, something that - if Jenson has one - will be surgically removed when he moves to McLaren.

Personally I'd recommend Ellen Whitaker for Sports Tight fitting jodphurs Personality of the year.

Edited by thunderbelmont on Saturday 28th November 19:51

Edited by thunderbelmont on Saturday 28th November 19:52

[Park'O]

Why should Jenson Button win it? Whats so special about his achievement!! Even though we've been dry of a British F1 Champion for more than a decade, intil Lewis Hamilton last year, he still did'nt come away with it...

[Cara Van Man]

Park'O said:

Why should Jenson Button win it? Whats so special about his achievement!!

Quite right!

It's a piece of piss to win the F1 WDC and happens all the time

[Rollcage]

Cara Van Man said:

Park'O said:

Why should Jenson Button win it? Whats so special about his achievement!!

Quite right!

It's a piece of piss to win the F1 WDC and happens all the time

Well, it happens every year !


Not to a Brit though. If he does not win ,it wont be anything to do with Jenson - it will just show how much the country really cares about F1.