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Author:  Spreadie [ Sun Nov 07, 2010 12:18 pm ]
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Formula 1 champion Jenson Button has praised the quick actions of his police driver after gunmen threatened him in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Button called him a "legend" for fleeing through traffic after six men brandishing machine guns approached.

Button, his father, manager and trainer, who all escaped unharmed, had just finished practice for Sunday Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos.

Brazil's major cities have a bad record for serious crimes of violence.

BBC Formula 1 commentator David Croft said the reigning world champion, who will start 11th on the grid on Sunday, reported seeing the men carrying machine guns approach his car.

Our correspondent said: "As soon as he mentioned this to his driver, he fled from the scene, forcing his way through the busy traffic.

Button, 30, who was in the reinforced armoured vehicle provided by McLaren with his father John, his manager Richard Goddard, trainer Mike Collier, had been returning to his hotel on Saturday.


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Author:  AlunD [ Sun Nov 07, 2010 1:56 pm ]
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Alonso Getting desperate :?
Author:  brataccas [ Sun Nov 07, 2010 4:49 pm ]
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somehow doubt they were machineguns :roll:
Author:  Fogmeister [ Sun Nov 07, 2010 5:00 pm ]
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brataccas wrote:
somehow doubt they were machineguns :roll:

In Sao paolo I wouldn't be certain. There is a hell of a lot of armed gang violence there. Including kids as young as 10 using machine guns.
Author:  ProfessorF [ Sun Nov 07, 2010 5:12 pm ]
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If this was the Red Bull team, Webber would've been kidnapped or mugged.
Then they'd have said the whistle and can of Mace he was carrying was equivalent to the armoured car and driver they gave Vettel.
Author:  brataccas [ Sun Nov 07, 2010 5:30 pm ]
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Fogmeister wrote:
brataccas wrote:
somehow doubt they were machineguns :roll:

In Sao paolo I wouldn't be certain. There is a hell of a lot of armed gang violence there. Including kids as young as 10 using machine guns.


are you sure? remember theres a BIG differance between machine gun and submachine guns, Im guessing they were machine pistols ie UZI :shock:
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