Formula 1 star Jenson Button and Jessica Michibata to split one year after marriage

Formula One driver Jenson Button and his model wife Jessica Michibata have announced they are separating after just a year of marriage.

The couple wed in Hawaii last December, with the split described as "very amicable".

The 2009 Formula One World Champion announced their marriage on Twitter on New Year's Day 2015.

On Wednesday, a spokesman for the McLaren driver said: "Jenson and Jessica have decided to go their separate ways and it is very amicable. There is no one else involved."

After meeting in 2008, the couple's relationship experienced ups and downs and they split for a short time in 2010 before getting back together.

Button, 35, and his wife, 31, hit the headlines in August this year when they were burgled in their sleep while on holiday in the south of France.

Button, from Frome, Somerset, and the Japanese-Argentine model were staying with friends in a St Tropez villa when thieves broke into the property, making off with valuables worth around £300,000, including Jessica's engagement ring.