Come on Jenson!

I have normally prided myself on my lack of partisan supporting in Formula 1.

I have tended to support drivers that I like - sometimes because of their off-track personality rather than their on-track ability.

That's why I was less fussed than I perhaps should have been as a Brit when Lewis won the title last year. I supported Hamilton because of his on-track flamboyance and the way he has rejuvenated interest in Formula 1. I supported Massa because of his pleasant off-track persona.

My (perhaps bizarre) reasons for supporting drivers has meant that up into this weekend I have supported Jenson Button more because of his back story rather than because of his nationality.

When I started to seriously watch motorsport back in 1998, Jenson was one of the most promising British youngsters coming through the ranks and I have kept an eye on his career ever since. I always felt he deserved a better chance to show the ability that he so clearly has and first displayed to the world way back in 2000.

The fact that he now has that chance has perked up my interest and I gladly threw myself headlong into becoming a Jenson fan-boy for the races in Melbourne and Malaysia. After his win this weekend however, I am finding myself shift the reasons for my support.

I know there is a long to go, but wouldn't it be great to have the first back-to-back British champions since the late 1960s?