F1 champion Jenson buys local house

FORMULA ONE champion Jenson Button has bought a house in Guernsey.

The open market property is in the Forest.

The reigning world F1 drivers' champion (pictured) won the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on Sunday and now leads the 2010 championship table after two victories in four races.

It is believed that the 30-year-old from Frome, Somerset, who already has a property in Monaco, is looking to Guernsey for some privacy and peace and quiet – something manager Richard Goddard, who already lives here, suggested the island could provide.

When the deal is signed off, Mr Button will become Guernsey's second resident racing ace – triple World Touring Car champion and friend Andy Priaulx also lives here with wife Jo.

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