Jenson Button and Dan Wheldon Karting 1989

wow gr8 vid! what a move overtook 2 cars in 1 corner on the penultimate lap! thx for the share!

Dan Wheldon!

RIP DAN!!!

@erwinruys I am guesing you saw this vid via GPUpdate?

I know this vid is about Jensen Button but maybe you could edit the title so people can also see a young Dan Wheldon racing karts in his early years. Just an idea. RIP Dan.

RIP Dan. If anybody wondered just how tight a community racing is...

@Doggydoggg69 Well actually I've been searching for this vid since a few years. It was on a karting video only thing was that my girlfriend erased it. And luckily GPUpdate put this one on, and the RIP Dan was just a mark of respect.

3:29 was so sudden.. FREAKY !!! :P

Amazing to think that much talent was on one kart circuit at that age. I do wonder why they couldn't pronounce Jenson. I mean, it's a British name, so why is he trying to make it sound Scandanavian?

Yes " YENSON" that was David Bobin a very wooden reporter who now works for SKY , say no more LOL

how freaky is the guy breathing in the background, then says "little did you know" ............. weird man, lol !!!! cool footage though. rip d.w.

RIP Dan Wheldon

@2fatrat What an incredible piece of footage to see those four drivers up and close together. May I ask, where did you get the footage from? It's legendary.

John Button is a true legend!

4:01 - 4:11 Looks like Jenson got the job done with that lol

I miss Dan Wheldon.

I wonder if Button comes and watches these videos? If he does.. Hello.

Jenson's mentor in karts compared him with Ayrton Senna when he was karting, that is some pressure.

You should upload this properly so people can watch it via torrent

Haha 'Yenson' Button

Button was the best pilot in last year's F1, but the car wasn't a match for the RB ... this year however things are looking mighty good for him... Go Button 2012! RIP Dan

wow....awesome to the poster! God bless the Wheldon family...

The list at 2:12 includes Jay Howard. Jay Howard was driving car 15 in Las Vega on 16 October 2011. His car coasted down the back stretch after the wreck but my recall is that he walked away uninjured.

Antony davidson is now one of the sky f1 presenters, right???

clay pigeon raceway best track ever :)

hahaha little did he know indeed!!!! great video, thanks for the upload

fascinating bit of footage. I wonder how many young kids would kill to have a dad whose hobby it is to run kadet karts all over the country!

justin wilson is there too... he drove for minardi in 2003 in F1 and is a top driver in indy cars in the USA

interviewer question " are we looking at the new johny herbert?" with all respect for Johnny Herbert, JB grew up to be much greater i mean alooooooooooooot greater!!

So let's match some of these young drivers with their later careers: Dan Wheldon: Indycar Jenson Button: Formula 1 Justin Wilson: Indycar Jay Howard: Indycar Anthony Davidson: Le Mans I must say I find it kind of funny when people see Anthony Davidson in these videos and go "Hey, thats Anthony Davidson! Isn't he an F1 commentator?" It's almost like nobody knows him as Anthony Davidson the factory LMP1 driver who is arguable the best single driver right now and is no question in the top 3! If

-cont-... If ILMC had an award for the single best driver last year Anthony Davidson no doubt would have had it!

"We might be looking at the future Johnny Herbert" - was he really the top Briton in F1 at the time? I guess it shows how good we've got it now if so.

Are you saying Hamilton should have been mentioned? Hewas 4 when this was filmed!

STOP. SAYING. YENSON. BUTTON.

IndyCar vs. Formula 1 drivers Jenson Button vs. Dan Wheldon :3

Justin Wilson, Dan(iel) Wheldon, Jenson Button... in karts... in 1989!!  This...is...awesome...

Good win by Yenson

also justin wilson

RIP, Justin Wilson and Dan Wheldon. Sad to think that two of these talented youngsters would die while still young.

rip dan and justin

fortunately, there are no fences lining the track. EYYY!!!

Why is Wilson not in the title? John Button had no idea the Jensen would be a STAR! 👍👏👏👏👏👍

Jenson used to have blonde hair I didnt know that.

Yenson Button

Sad to think that Justin Wilson was also killed in an Indycar accident. Jay Howard was racing and crashed in Las Vegas 2011 as well. Button, Wilson, Howard and Wheldon all made it to the big leagues. I wonder who else was in that race....