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October 18 in F1: Button becomes champion, Mansell wins in Mexico
In 2009 Jenson Button secured the title at Interlagos. Twenty-two years earlier, Nigel Mansell won a chaotic Mexican Grand Prix.
18 October 2026 1 min read 2 views
On October 18, 2009, Jenson Button became Formula 1 world champion after the Brazilian Grand Prix. The Brawn GP driver finished fifth at Interlagos, making his advantage mathematically unassailable with one race still to go.
On the same date in 1987, Nigel Mansell took Williams-Honda to victory in the Mexican Grand Prix. The Briton finished ahead of Nelson Piquet and Riccardo Patrese in a race remembered for its particularly eventful progress.
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