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Button Suffers A Different Kind Of Hold Up
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November 26, 2011, Saturday
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AFTER escaping armed robbers while leaving Interlagos last year, McLaren's Jenson Button suffered a different kind of hold up when he tried to get in to the Brazilian circuit on Thursday.
The McLaren driver said that he, and others including Renault's Brazilian Bruno Senna and Team Lotus's Indian reserve Karun Chandhok, had been denied access when they turned up with a police escort. "They wouldn't let us in the front gate. They closed the tunnel and wouldn't let us in so we were half an hour waiting outside to get in," said the Briton.
"We had to drive around and then try and come across the circuit. We were like 'We've got the FIA press conference and you'll be paying our fine'..."
The McLaren driver said that he, and others including Renault's Brazilian Bruno Senna and Team Lotus's Indian reserve Karun Chandhok, had been denied access when they turned up with a police escort. "They wouldn't let us in the front gate. They closed the tunnel and wouldn't let us in so we were half an hour waiting outside to get in," said the Briton.
"We had to drive around and then try and come across the circuit. We were like 'We've got the FIA press conference and you'll be paying our fine'..."
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