The BBC Sports Personality of the Year award is the main award of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony, which takes place each December. The winner is the sportsperson, judged by a public vote, to have achieved the most that year. The recipient must either be British or reside and play a significant amount of their sport in the United Kingdom. The winner is selected by a public-vote from a pre-determined shortlist.

Jenson Button did not win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award even when he became Formula One champion in 2009. The winner that year was footballer Ryan Giggs.

The other three Formula One champions all won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award in the following years:

  • 1961 Stirling Moss
  • 1973 Jackie Stewart
  • 1994 & 1996 Damon Hill

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