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boundsintotheroom

injeansandaBrawnshirt,withthe

sortofgrinyoumighthaveifyoud

justincreasedyoursalarybyabout

4.5million.Thisw

illbehislastdayasan

employeeatBrawn

GP.Inthreehours

time,theworstkep

tsecretinF1willbe

officiallyannounced:JensonButtonis

joiningMcLarenin

2010.Heknows.

Weknow.Heknow

sweknow.Weknow

heknowsweknow.Butthisbeingthe

cloak-and-daggerw

orldofF1,thissilver

andorange,Woking-basedelephantin

theroomcannotbe

officiallydiscussed.

The2009F1worldchampionhas

alwaysbeenpoliteandpatientwiththe

increasingamountofworkthemodern

F1driverhastodooutofthecarjust

aswellconsideringwherehesofftonext

season.Butthesimplefactofthematter

is,itwouldnothavebeenasurprisehad

Jensonnotturneduptodothisintervie

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andtheothersthatwillfollowforother

mediaoverthenexteighthours.Buthe

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here,eagertofaceaquestions-based

firingsquadfromF1Racingsreaders

whomayjusthaveslippedinacouple

ofsneakyonesaboutpartneringLewis

Hamiltonand,afterhisreportedcontract

wrangling,whethermoneyisnowmore

importanttohimthanracing

Whatwasyourfirstthoughtthe

morningafteryourtitletriumph?

JoannaLepowska,Poland

Ivegottogetanewphone,thatswhat

Ithought.Mymessagebeepistooloud

anditwasgoingoffnon-stopwithtexts

frommyfamilyandfriends.Iprobably

gotabout150messagesinthefewhours

afterBrazil.Itsstrange,becausenot

manypeoplehavegotmynumber!

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certainlynotafraidofLewis,and

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tsyoutoknowthatracingis

stillmoreimportantth

anmoney.

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