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Article: Now Button mushrooms!
- Article from:
- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 8, 2000
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WHAT would happen next if Jenson Button's life were a movie? The
story so far has B-movie written all over it. Talented kid graduates
through motorsport ranks at astonishing pace to capture a place as
Britain's youngest-ever grand prix driver on the most glamorous grid
of them all, Formula One.
So let's see now. If this were cinema, we could depend on a few
hard knocks after the dazzling buildup. A few finger-wagging life
lessons by the end of the second reel. A daft plot against him,
perhaps. An accident, either through his own fault or courtesy of
another driver. And then what? The recognition that Some Things Are
More Important Than Winning? Unlikely, if the film has American
backing. ...