Button starts new year with wedding

McLaren driver 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. (GMM)