His Formula One career was launched in 1965 when he joined Graham Hill at BRM.
The pairing of Button and Hamilton at McLaren makes them the first team to have two British world champions since Graham Hill and Jim Clark were together at Lotus in 1968.
He has won two races so far this season to lead the title chase and now stands on the verge of adding his name to a list of British Indy 500 winners which includes the likes of Formula One greats Jim Clark and Graham Hill.
The Black Mirror writer beat competition from Stephen Fry, Graham Norton and Harry Hill to win the prize.
"We've had a lot of bets, " says Graham Sharpe of bookmakers William Hill.
Graham Sharpe, a spokesman for William Hill, one of the bigger bookmakers, says that might be tricky.
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The Thick Of It is one of five programmes to receive three nominations - alongside The Graham Norton Show, Rev, Cardinal Burns and Harry Hill's TV Burp, which broadcast its last ever episode in March.
Hill says he was also impressed with second-row Graham Kitchener, who also crossed for his first try of the season.
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"Graham is enjoying getting his hands on the ball, " said Hill.
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And Watford went close again before the break after Mutch collected a return pass from Graham at the end of a sweeping move, but his shot was blocked by Clint Hill.
Secretary Panetta was testifying on the Hill about the budget, and was saying, when asked directly by Senator Graham could we deal with Iran militarily if we had to, he very clearly said, yes, he was confident we could.
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