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04 Mar 2003  Jenson Button (GBR) BAR.  BAR Honda racer Jenson
Button is one of the fittest men in F1, thanks to a mix of
training disciplines.  "If I'm in the gym I'll do just an hour
on the bike, because it's so boring when it's not moving, then
45 minutes running, and then I'll do weights for an hour or so,
an hour and a half."  He has gone long past the point of initial
reluctance, and admits that training has become a way of life.
"I get up early in the morning if I'm home in Monaco, and go for
a cycle when it's nice and quiet. That gives you the whole day
then. But training can take over your life, really. You've got
to work around it."  Button disagrees with the popular view that
Michael Schumacher is the fitness yardstick. "Michael isn't the
fittest. I'd say that Mark Webber is, cardio vascularly. And I
wouldn't say I'm