Jenson Button on Drive To Survive's 'fake drama' and Lewis Hamilton's 2022 chances

Welcome to Metro.co.uk‘s The Big Questions, where we ask, well, the big questions (and the smaller ones too) and this week, we’re diving deep with Jenson Button.

The former Formula One champ may be out of the F1 driver’s seat now, but as Brand Ambassador for Williams Racing and a pundit on Sky Sports, the 42-year-old is still busy in pit lane.

And, well, frankly he’s busy full stop: with 2022 also seeing him tie the knot with partner, and mother to his two children – Hendrix, two, and Lenny, 14 months – Brittny Ward, and launch his own Scotch, Coachbuilt.

Is it cliche of us to say the man doesn’t take the foot off the gas, or no?

But taking five from his hectic schedule, the driver sat down with us to chat all things F1’s 2022 season, from Red Bull’s epic upset in Bahrain to whether Sir Lewis Hamilton will re-clinch that championship after Max Verstappen claimed victory in 2021. Oh, and we also tackle the claims of ‘fake drama’ in the Netflix series Drive to Survive.

It’s been a busy year, but a great year. I’ve got some other things I’m doing as well, racing and something later in the year that I can’t tell you at the moment.

There’s a lot going on, I’ll be doing quite a few races with Williams this year and I think everyone is excited about the Miami GP. It’s all fun stuff, I’m at a position in my life where I can be involved with companies that I want to be involved with and stuff’s that fun.

No, I’m in Saudi Arabia for my honeymoon, without my wife. We’ll do something in July or August which will be nice, just the two of us. It’s tricky spending too much time away from the kids, though.

This is a building year for Williams. They’ve got the funding now for the future which is great, but it takes time. They understand