RACING FAN CELEBRATES UK F1 CHAMPIONS WITH BABY JENSON LEWIS

A West Midlands motor racing fan is to name his baby boy after new Formula One World Champion Jenson Button and former world champion Lewis Hamilton.

Trevor Sutton and partner Mandy Smith, from Wyken in Coventry, are expecting the arrival of baby Jenson Lewis on 22 November. As huge fans of the two world champions and in celebration of Button`s title and their new arrival, they decided this would be a great way to celebrate the achievements of the two British drivers.

Sutton has been a motorsport fan for 25 years and attended his first Formula One British Grand Prix in June this year. The 38-year-old said: "we had already thought about names and were going to name him after a friend, but when Button won the championship, we decided we should name him Jenson, to celebrate him winning.

"We already think he`s going to be into his racing, as we had a 4D scan and in one of the photos he looks like he`s holding a steering wheel!"

Baby Jenson Lewis will get his first taste of live motorsport at next season`s British Touring Car Championship meeting at Silverstone, when he will be just nine months old. Before that, Sutton and baby Jenson will see his namesake at Autosport International, which takes place at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, on 14-17 January 2010.

Button will be meeting fans at the show to celebrate his title-winning 2009 season. Heralded as the start to the 2010 motorsport season, Le Mans winners Allan McNish and David Brabham will also be in attendance, and the show will feature the "F1 Racing" grid, with all the 2009 cars together in a dedicated area, plus amazing stunts and displays in the Live Action Arena.

The proud father-to-be added: "if we were able to meet Jenson, that would be unbelievable. We saw Lewis at the British Grand Prix; we were in the crowd and he was giving a speech, so the opportunity to get the two Jensons together at the show would be amazing."

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