Is Button really Coldplay's lead singer on his days off?

[John S]

According to Reuters Jenson was mistakenly identified as the singer from Coldplay earlier this year.            ............Although now I think about it has anyone seen Jens and Chris Martin at the same place, at the same time, together???      

While eager Japanese fans chased F1 drivers around the paddock for most of the weekend, Jenson Button revealed how he had been subject to a bit of a celebrity mix-up earlier this year.

Button's world title success last season has made him one of Britain's biggest stars – so it was no surprise to him when he got stopped during his travels.

"I had an American come up to me at the airport, Heathrow, a few months back and she said 'Me and my family are big fans of yours,'" Button told Reuters during an interview in Japan.

"I said 'Wicked, thank you so much. I didn't think Formula 1 was that big in America.' And she said 'Yeah, we've got all your records, all your albums.' I was, like 'Fantastic. you think I'm Chris Martin don't you?' and she went 'Are you not?'

"I said 'No, I race in Formula 1 cars'. So she said 'What's your name?' and I said 'Jenson Button'. Then she said. 'Ah, my family are big fans of yours'. And I'm like, 'Yeah, of course they are.'"

Maybe it was Button's singing in the car when he won the title in Brazil last year that had confused her...