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Jenson Button will hope to make a successful return to Formula One later this month when he makes a one-off comeback at the Monaco Grand Prix.

Button, only the third man after Rubens Barrichello and Michael Schumacher to race in more than 300 Grands Prix, will hope for a points scoring return as he replaces Fernando Alonso at McLaren.

The 37-year-old has achieved a list of distinguished honours throughout a glittering career that saw him win the world championship in 2009 and win 15 Grands Prix.

His career began in 2000 when he started out as a driver at Williams, before he spent the next two years at Benetton and Renault.

The Frome racer moved to BAR-Honda in 2003 and stayed with them as it became the works Honda team in 2006 and Brawn in 2009. A move to McLaren followed in 2010, where he remained until he took a sabbatical from the sport at the end of last season.

With Button's comeback now less than three weeks ago, Somerset Live takes a look at some of his finest moments in F1.

Hungary 2006

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It may be hard to believe, but Jenson had to wait until his 113th race before he sipped the victory champagne for the first time.

The odds were stacked against Button at the start of the race as a 10 place grid penalty dropped him to 14th place at a Hungaroring circuit at which overtaking is notoriously difficult, but wet conditions turned the race on its head.

Button kept his head and climbed through the order as others fell by the wayside. After making his way up to second place with 20 laps to go, he was gifted an unlikely lead when the leading Renault of Fernando Alonso crashed following a wheel nut failure.

It took Button in a position he was not to relinquish as he cruised to the chequered flag more than half a minute clear of the rest of the field to give Honda their first win since 1967.

Brazil 2009

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Helped by a Brawn package that was far and away the class of the field, Button stormed into the lead of the championship in 2009 with a run of six wins in seven races that put him 26 points clear of his rivals.

Fast forward to the penultimate race in Brazil, and Button's superiority had waned as the rest of the field, helped by much larger budgets than the team which rose from the ashes of Honda, stole a march in the development race.

Despite the car disadvantage, he needed just a fifth place finish at Interlagos to claim the title, but even that looked a tall order after a poor qualifying session in the rain left him down in 14th on the grid.

It needed a drive worthy of a champion from Button, and he duly delivered as he pulled off a number of stunning overtaking manoeuvres to put himself into the position he needed to become Britain's tenth world champion.

Australia 2010

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Button swapped Brawn – now Mercedes – for McLaren after clinching the 2009 title, where he found himself head-to-head with fellow Brit Lewis Hamilton.

Despite arriving at the Woking outfit as the world champion, many expressed doubts over whether Button had what it took to compete in a team that Hamilton had made his own after claiming the crown himself in 2008.

It took Button just two races to prove his doubters wrong. In a race in Melbourne that started on a wet track, the Englishman timed his switch to dry tyres perfectly to jump from seventh to second.

Left to pull away from the chasing pack, Button assumed the lead when long-time leader Sebastian Vettel spun off after suffering a wheel failure, leaving him clear to claim a memorable victory.

Canada 2011

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The longest race in Formula One history, and probably the craziest, Button took what will count as the finest win of his career in a race that had more twists and turns than a rollercoaster.

Heavy rain drenched the Montreal circuit and Button endured a disastrous first few laps, becoming involved in a collision with teammate Lewis Hamilton that left the sister McLaren out of the race, before he picked up a drive-through penalty for speeding behind the safety car that left him at the back of the field.

Button began his recovery, but the rain got heavier and after one torrential downpour too many the race was halted for more than two hours.

The restart was expected to yield Button's charge back to the front, but he fell to the back of the field again after he collided with Fernando Alonso's Ferrari and suffered a puncture.

Down in 14th place with just 25 laps to go, a resurgent Button flew as he passed car after car. With ten laps remaining, he was back up to fourth place and the fastest car on the track. He dispatched Mark Webber and Michael Schumacher and set about Sebastian Vettel, who had led since the start of the race.

With one lap to go, he was within a second of the Red Bull, and halfway through the final tour he forced the German into a mistake, giving him an incredible win at the end of a race that lasted more than four hours.

Belgium 2012

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Button has forged a reputation as perhaps the finest driver in the world in mixed conditions, but he showed that he could be just as impressive in the dry as he stormed to a dominant win at Spa in 2012.

After controlling Saturday afternoon to take his first pole position since joining McLaren at the start of 2010, Button was in imperious form on Sunday as he led every single lap of the race to take a dominant win.

It was the perfect response from Button after he had come in for criticism following a series of disappointing mid-season results, and proved that when the car is to his liking, there is little that his rivals can do to match him.