Jenson Button splits from wife Jessica Michibata after one year of marriage

McLaren F1 driver and Japanese model pay the price of jet-set lifestyle, three months after Button commits to McLaren

Jenson Button
(Image credit: Charles Coates/Getty)

Formula 1 star Jenson Button has split from his wife Jessica Michibata after less than a year of marriage it has been confirmed.

The 2009 F1 champion tied the knot with his Japanese model girlfriend in Hawaii on 30 December last year, but The Sun revealed that they have now separated.

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