That Q3 was FUCKING AWESOME!!!!!
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Jenson Button in machine-gun ambush: F1 world champion confronted by robbers in Brazil
By JONATHAN PETRE Last updated at 1:02 AM on 7th November 2010
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Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button was confronted by a gang of machine-gun-wielding robbers after racing in Brazil yesterday.
The driver said six men trained their weapons on his car after he left the Interlagos track in Sao Paulo, where he had earlier qualified for today's Brazilian Grand Prix.
Ordeal: Jenson, who was in the car with his father John, was attacked as he left the Interlagos track
Button, 30, was on his way back to his luxury hotel when his bulletproof Mercedes was intercepted in a shanty town at 7pm local time.
His driver – an armed Brazilian policeman hired by the McLaren team – sped away from the scene, striking other cars as he fled. Button said: 'My driver bounced off about five cars. We were driving over the top of them.'
Button, who was also travelling with his father John, his manager Richard Goddard and physio Mike Collier, added: 'We were going back from the track and were outside a shanty town and moving slowly on a busy road.
'I saw a dog come out. It was very cute. The next thing I saw was a man with a gun. Our guy angled the car and floored it.
'That's when we saw six men, all of them brandishing machine-guns. My driver was a legend. It was very scary. I don't know whether they knew who it was they were ambushing. I said, "Isn't that a gun?" and as soon as I said that, the driver angled the car. I am glad I didn't have my girlfriend Jessica with me – she would have been terrified.'
Lucky escape: Button's girlfriend Jessica Michibata was away working
Jessica Michibata, a Japanese-born underwear model, often accompanies Button to races, but she is working this weekend.
In the past, the employees of several Formula 1 teams have been mugged after leaving the Brazilian racetrack.
Button usually drives himself to and from the circuits but on this occasion McLaren insisted he have the armed driver trained in avoidance techniques. McLaren also provided his team-mate Lewis Hamilton with a similar car and driver.
The team are under strict instructions not to wear their uniforms as they travel around the city.
The Interlagos track is in a suburb of Sao Paulo, about four miles from the Morumbi area of the city where Button is staying at the Hilton Hotel.
The star is almost certain to relinquish his world title today, having qualified only in 11th place for the race.
Other cars were damaged in the rush to escape the mayhem – and their drivers followed Button back to his hotel to get his insurance details.
Bad day: Jenson Button suffered both on and off the track
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Shit like this is exactly what keeps me from going to this race... I'll stick to civilized countries...
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Posted 07 November 2010 - 07:26 PM
SpeedTV guys and the media are such fucking hypocrites. They go apeshit when Massa gives up the spot for Fernando, but they criticize and say RBR are throwing away the WDC for not playing team orders.
Posted 07 November 2010 - 08:51 PM
Seriously though, I don't understand why they kept going on about how all is lost, etc..
waiting for Nacho to come in and complain about it next saying RBR is being stupid
Posted 07 November 2010 - 09:04 PM
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