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Button: Instead of sitting around drinking champagne I will be racing
The 2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button had a choice between quaffing champagne and entertaining McLaren team sponsors or racing in Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix on the glamourous Cote Azur.. He indicated it was not a difficult decision to make, 'I was going to be here anyway, and instead of sitting around drinking champagne I can actually do what I´m supposed to do and that´s race cars for a living. Very exciting position to be in – a challenge, but a good one.' Button, who stood down as a race driver at the end of last season while retaining a role as a McLaren ‘ambassador', is returning this weekend while Spaniard Fernando Alonso competes in the Indianapolis 500 on...
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