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F1: Chequered Flag

Jenson Button: A ten year anniversary special

F1: Chequered Flag

BBC

Sports

4.22.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Ten years ago today, Jenson Button was crowned the Formula 1 world champion. In this special episode he sits down with Victoria Turner to reminisce about that fairy-tale season in 2009 and the many highs and some lows that came with it.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's 2003 in Birmingham.

0:04.4

Doors have been slammed in your face, you're not welcome here.

0:07.1

They were capable of murder.

0:08.4

Drive-by killings, gang wars, a vigilante group that fought against Jamaica's notorious yardies.

0:15.6

The home boy thought we're not going to take this anymore.

0:17.8

We're going to be even more violent than you.

0:19.6

Before turning on each other.

0:22.0

I'm Livy Haydock and this is gangster, the story of the Burger Bar boys.

0:27.6

Listen first on BBC Sounds.

0:30.1

BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. 10 years ago Jensen Button did something that at the time many people thought would be impossible.

0:54.0

He won the 2009 F1 World Championship title

0:58.0

and over the next 20 minutes Jensen Button chants to me Victoria Turner

1:02.0

about his memories of that

1:03.6

fairy tale season. So he's a man that's won 15 F1 races,

1:07.6

had 50 pojems, eight pole positions, but not only that he's a

1:11.6

super duty and endurance racer, a new father, a great go-carter, and an author of a new book.

1:18.0

Jensen Button, welcome to the Checkard Flag podcast.

1:21.0

It's fantastic to be here. Thank you for inviting me.

1:24.0

Oh, thank you.

1:25.0

And another book.

1:26.0

How to be an F1 driver.

1:28.0

Fantastic Reed.

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