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F1RACINGJANUARY2010
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F1RACING
JANUARY2010
ensonButton
boundsintotheroom
injeansandaBrawnshirt,withthe
sortofgrinyoumighthaveifyoud
justincreasedyoursalarybyabout
4.5million.Thisw
illbehislastdayasan
employeeatBrawn
GP.Inthreehours
time,theworstkep
tsecretinF1willbe
officiallyannounced:JensonButtonis
joiningMcLarenin
2010.Heknows.
Weknow.Heknow
sweknow.Weknow
heknowsweknow.Butthisbeingthe
cloak-and-daggerw
orldofF1,thissilver
andorange,Woking-basedelephantin
theroomcannotbe
officiallydiscussed.
The2009F1worldchampionhas
alwaysbeenpoliteandpatientwiththe
increasingamountofworkthemodern
F1driverhastodooutofthecarjust
aswellconsideringwherehesofftonext
season.Butthesimplefactofthematter
is,itwouldnothavebeenasurprisehad
Jensonnotturneduptodothisintervie
w
andtheothersthatwillfollowforother
mediaoverthenexteighthours.Buthe
s
here,eagertofaceaquestions-based
firingsquadfromF1Racingsreaders
whomayjusthaveslippedinacouple
ofsneakyonesaboutpartneringLewis
Hamiltonand,afterhisreportedcontract
wrangling,whethermoneyisnowmore
importanttohimthanracing
Whatwasyourfirstthoughtthe
morningafteryourtitletriumph?
JoannaLepowska,Poland
Ivegottogetanewphone,thatswhat
Ithought.Mymessagebeepistooloud
anditwasgoingoffnon-stopwithtexts
frommyfamilyandfriends.Iprobably
gotabout150messagesinthefewhours
afterBrazil.Itsstrange,becausenot
manypeoplehavegotmynumber!
WORDSHANSSEEBERGPORTRAITSGLENNDUNBAR/LAT
The2009worldchampionismost
certainlynotafraidofLewis,and
wan
tsyoutoknowthatracingis
stillmoreimportantth
anmoney.
Buthewilladmitoneth
ing:heuses
thephraseforsurefartoomuch
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