It is a record to relish: the first back-to-back British winners of a Formula One world championship in 40 years. Not since the heyday of the Sixties - when Formula One was dominated by Jim Clark, Graham Hill, John Surtees and Sir Jackie Stewart - has the nation enjoyed two winning drivers.

But Jenson Button completed the glorious double in Brazil to win his championship a year after Lewis Hamilton’s triumph at the same race. But that has sparked the debate: who is the best driver - Hamilton or Button?

Compare and contrast: one aggressive, daring and a winner from almost the start of his Formula One career; the other, smooth, laconic but pearl jewelry determined to win through after a decade of under-achievement.

They simply could not be more different, the youngster from Stevenage in Hertfordshire and the ten-season veteran from Frome in Somerset.
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Hamilton’s ascent to Formula One was result of the pearl necklace most intensive grooming programme ever seen in the sport. Adopted as a 13-year-old by Ron Dennis, the former team principal at McLaren, Hamilton never had to worry about financing the most important years of his career while McLaren took care of every physical and mental need.