Button drove a very accomplished race on the Sao Paulo circuit - a champion's drive as David Coulthard put it - mixing aggressive and conservative approaches appropriately. To pass all those drivers without damaging the car is a very difficult thing to do when fighting for the championship and Button did not put a foot wrong.
There was a point when he was stuck behind Kamui Kobayashi - who perhaps should have been penalised for weaving in the breaking zone - where I thought that Button might struggle to win the championship a round early.
However, as soon as Lewis Hamilton had passed Rubens Barrichello it was clear that baring disaster, Button would become 2009 F1 World Champion before travelling to Abu Dhabi.
It was a great drive from Mark Webber and I expect that he will be a contender next year now that he has won his first and second Grands Prix.
Commiserations to Barrichello as well. At times in the second half of the season he was the in-form man and at one stage appeared to have Button in his pocket.
But his early season performances let him down and overall Jenson was the better driver - as proven by his six victories comparing to Barrichello's two.
Button becomes the first British driver to win the championship the year after a compatriot since Jackie Stewart won his first title in 1969.
After the final race at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi in two weeks' time, I will be blogging on my top 10 drivers of the season.
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