GRAND PRIX playboy JENSON BUTTON has a racy new girlfriend — a Japanese lingerie model.
JESSICA MICHIBATA regularly flaunts her curves in fashion mags and was snapped out of gear relaxing on a beach.
Button is said to be “smitten” — and the couple have been spotted enjoying romantic dinners in London.
A pal said: “It is early days but she and Jenson really seem to have hit it off.
“They’re having great fun at the moment and getting to know each other — but they both seem very keen.
“There is definitely an attraction.”
The day after a date at the trendy Nobu restaurant, 24-year-old Jessica said on her Facebook page that she was “very happy”.
She teased that she would keep the reason “a secret” — but uploaded pictures of Button with his arm around her.
Exotic Jessica — who speaks fluent English — has a Japanese mother and a half-Spanish, half-Italian father who was born in Argentina.
Party-loving Button, 28, built up a reputation as a playboy after being seen with a string of beauties.
He broke up with 23-year-old model FLORENCE BRUDENELL-BRUCE last year.
And he dated 2003 Fame Academy singer LOUISE GRIFFITHS for two years before they split, reportedly just three months before their planned wedding day.
Button came third in the 2004 F1 World Championship.
But his career is in danger of stalling — and he may not even make it to the grid for the season opener in Melbourne, Australia, in March.
The star races for Honda — Japan’s second biggest car maker.
But it shocked the sport in December when it announced it was pulling out due to the worldwide economic crisis hitting sales.
Button’s British-based racing team is now said to be struggling to find a buyer.
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