Formula One Champ Jenson Button Escapes Armed Gang In Brazil after qualifing

[General of Darkness]

Anyone who's been to Sao Paulo knows, that place makes Compton look like Disneyland.

Jenson Button Escapes Armed Gang In Brazil

3:12pm UK, Sunday November 07, 2010

Osman Baig and Graham Fitzgerald, Sky News Online
Formula One world champion Jenson Button has hailed his police driver as a "legend" after being confronted by an armed gang in Sao Paulo.

Button, his father John, manager Richard Goddard and trainer Mike Collier got away unharmed thanks to the driver's quick action.

He sped away in their armoured Mercedes, barging his way through the heavy traffic to escape the gunmen's clutches.

Button and his party were returning to their hotel on Saturday night after the final qualifying session for the Brazilian Grand Prix when the drama happened.

"We were going back from the track and were outside a shanty town and moving slowly on a busy road," Button, 30, said.

"I saw a dog come out, which was very cute. The next thing I saw was a man with a gun.

"I said 'isn't that a gun?' and as soon as I said that, the driver angled the car and floored it.

"That's when we saw six men, all of them brandishing machine guns.

"My driver was a legend. He bounced off about five cars. We were driving over the top of them. It was very scary."

The police driver of Jenson's vehicle reacted swiftly and, using avoidance techniques, rapidly forced his way through the traffic, taking Jenson and the other occupants of the car immediately away from any danger and back to their hotel.

Mr Goddard also praised the officer assigned to protect them at the request of Button's racing team McLaren.

They were fearful of an attack given the level of gun crime in Sao Paulo, one of South America's most violent cities.

"We were about three or four minutes away from the circuit when the incident took place," Mr Goddard said.

"You hear about these kind of things in Sao Paulo, and because they don't come home to roost, you don't think about them."

Jenson Button arrives at Interlagos for the Brazil Grand Prix

"We were very lucky to have a police driver looking after us because he got us out of what could have been quite a frightening situation."

A McLaren spokesperson said : "The police driver, using avoidance techniques, rapidly forced his way through the traffic, taking Jenson and the other occupants of the car immediately away from any danger."

The spokesperson added the Sao Paulo authorities would provide additional security for Button, team-mate Lewis Hamilton and other McLaren staff when they returned to the Interlagos circuit for the race.

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[Twisted Titan]

I didnt know sao palo was that bad.

When I stayed in Rio for Carnival the people where quite nice.

Well just another since of the times I guess.



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[AndreaGail]

thats crazy
glad the world champ was able to get away unharmed

[LuckyStrike]

I actually saw some headline about this and thought it was just a joke, or an onion article or something.

Off topic but does anyone else like F1?

[General of Darkness]

I actually saw some headline about this and thought it was just a joke, or an onion article or something.

Off topic but does anyone else like F1?


That's how I know, I'm watching it right now.

[AndreaGail]

I actually saw some headline about this and thought it was just a joke, or an onion article or something.

Off topic but does anyone else like F1?


I like all forms of racing...f1, nascar, nhra, indycar, local short track stuff, etc etc

just wish more f1 races aired in the states (dont get that speed channel)

[LuckyStrike]

Yeah I just download them. I'm almost done with the 2009 Season, I dled a torrent with the practice, qualifying sessions and the races. I haven't watched any of the 2010 F1 races yet so NO SPOILERS ;D

My favorite of the major types of racing would be MotoGP.

However my favorite of ANY kind of racing is dirt track, if you haven't seen 410 Sprints running 850 HP on a 1/4 mile Dirt track you don't know what your missing. They hit 140 on the backstretch and can get the front tires off the ground once some rubber gets laid down on the dirt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKN8JqOun7c&feature=related

[Light]

I see where some of the best race car drivers these days are women. Must be a tough sport. :oo-->

[LuckyStrike]

I see where some of the best race car drivers these days are women. Must be a tough sport. :oo-->


LOL

Please enlighten us as to who these great women race car drivers are.


Note to mods, clearly light contributes NOTHING to these boards and his purpose is to disrupt the discussion whenever possible. I believe him to be a sockpuppet, just like workaholic probably of the same main user.

[k-os]

I see where some of the best race car drivers these days are women. Must be a tough sport. :oo-->


Your toolishness betrays you.

[LuckyStrike]

I see where some of the best race car drivers these days are women. Must be a tough sport. :oo-->


So how long do we have to wait before you fill us in with your surely infinite knowledge?

[LuckyStrike]

I see where some of the best race car drivers these days are women. Must be a tough sport. :oo-->


So how long do we have to wait before you fill us in with your surely infinite knowledge?


I'm bumping this until I get an answer.

Or you admit that you're a liar just like workaholic.

[Light]

I see where some of the best race car drivers these days are women. Must be a tough sport. :oo-->


Your toolishness betrays you.


Your broad, manly jaw betrays you. Have your doctor increase your hormone dose, buddy boy.

[Light]

Car racing is for girls.
http://hellobeautiful.com/gossip-news/hello-beautiful-staff/meet-nicole-lyons-first-black-female-race-car-driver/ :D

[Horn]

"I saw a dog come out, which was very cute. The next thing I saw was a man with a gun.

In the seedy part of town shopping for dogs, was he?

[LuckyStrike]

Car racing is for girls.
http://hellobeautiful.com/gossip-news/hello-beautiful-staff/meet-nicole-lyons-first-black-female-race-car-driver/ :D


Anyone can bring their car out to the local dragstrip everyweek, I am talking about professional racers who do it and make money if not a living from it.

This was your post

"I see where some of the best race car drivers these days are women. Must be a tough sport. "

So name ONE racing category where a woman is the "best". Not Forumla 1, not NHRA, not NASCAR, not MotoGP. So clearly you just made that up.



PS, as for your juvenile attack on K-os. I'm not sure if you are male or female, female would make sense since your jealousy is apparent since K-os is constantly getting complimented on her looks here from people who have nothing to gain by paying her a compliment. I suppose the jealous could be because after being rejected for years by the fairer sex you now exhibit bitterness in attempt to hide your shame.

[Light]

Move over Danica Patrick, there is a new female race car driver in town and her name is Nicole Lyons and she’s black and gorgeous!!!Lyons is a second generation drag racer. It all started with her father Jack Davis who was a well known street racer and drag racing enthusiast in the Los Angeles area. As a young girl, Lyons followed along her father to many a street race and drag racing event. He taught her the culture of drag racing, how to turn a wrench, and how to drive a fast car. With her father’s untimely passing in 2005, Lyons carries the family racing legacy.

She said:

“I think my father would be proud. He taught me what I know today about racing. He taught me that you can’t be just the driver that gets in the car and drives. You need to know what the car is doing. You need to know the engine set up. My advantage is that by knowing my car, I can make good decisions out there on the track where it counts.”

Lyons recently sat down with bossip.com to talk about being a black woman in a white male sport:

BOSSIP: How are you guys making it work being a black motor sport team and being a black woman in a white male sport?

Nicole: We are looking for sponsors NOW and we have made history already and will continue as I am the 1st black woman to race now and compete in NHRA top sportsman, competition eliminator, pro stock. I will also be the first to race NHRA pro mod once we find funding then once I smash all the competition in that… it’s on to Nascar for 2012.

As I said, it's a "sport" for women.

[Heimdhal]

Having an adopted brother (he was older when we took him in) from brazil and a very close friend from brazil, I can assure you all that Brazil is still very much on the cusp of a third world country with a 1st world vaneer over top of it.

THere are some VERY nice places in brazil, but I wouldnt ventur too far off the tourist trail.

[LuckyStrike]

As I said, it's a "sport" for women.


No you said


"I see where some of the best race car drivers these days are women. Must be a tough sport. "

So I am asking you to provide any form of racing where "some of the best drivers are women" you have given me 1 example of a woman driver who is anything but the best.

Keep digging, that or admit you lied.

[Trinity]

I can only imagine how much time Light is spending searching the internet for women race car drivers right now. The hole he is digging for himself is only getting deeper and funnier. :D ;D

[General of Darkness]

Next F1 race is today at 4:30 Eastern. And the only chicks involved are the ones holding the umbrellas. ;)