Ross Brawn believes Jenson Button will emerge a far stronger man for his Formula One world title triumph.

Button has admitted fighting for the championship these past few months has been stressful, in particular as there were many who questioned whether he had the bottle to seize his moment of glory.

In going through such angst, team principal Brawn, in particular, has witnessed Button grow as both a driver and as a human being.

“I think going through this experience of the terrific first half and very tough second half of the season is going to be quite a development in Jenson's character,” said Brawn.

“On Saturday after qualifying 14th he was destroyed. He knew that together with the team he had done a bad job, and it was a golden opportunity.

“But he went back and thought, how am I going to turn this around? How am I going to put myself in a position to win the world title?

“He came in yesterday really determined and I was impressed. Here's a guy who has never fought for a world championship before, he had a big lead and everyone was chipping away at it.

“In the end he has dealt with it. He has come through and he is world champion and I think in that circumstance he is going to be so much stronger.”

Brawn admits he recognised Button had talent in 2004, when he was the best of the rest behind the Ferrari duo of Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello at a time when he was the Scuderia's technical director.

“He gave us a hard time at Ferrari,” reflected Brawn. “We had a sensational season, but he was always there nipping at our ankles.

“He made a big impression but until you work with people it is difficult, although last year it was very difficult for me to work with Jenson because of the poor equipment we had.

“Lots of guys in the team who I respect, though, said Stick with it because he is exceptional'.”