Button marks new year with wedding

Jenson Button has rung in the new year by announcing he is now a married man.

"Happy New Year from Mr and Mrs Button!" he declared to his almost 2 million followers on Twitter.

British newspaper the Daily Mail, publishing paparazzi wedding photos of the 2009 world champion and his long-time girlfriend, Japanese model Jessica Michibata, said the ceremony took place in Maui, Hawaii.

The wedding car was a classic Pontiac GTO convertible.

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