Jenson Button Escapes Armed Attack On Car

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Formula One world champion Jenson Button has escaped a machine gun attack on his car in Brazil.

The Formula One world champion was travelling in an armoured vehicle as he left the Interlagos circuit in Sao Paulo following the qualifying session for the Brazilian Grand Prix.
The 30-year-old was with his father John as well as physiotherapist Mike Collier and manager Richard Goddard. They were all left unharmed.
Button told the Mail on Sunday: "We were going back from the track and were outside a shanty town and moving slowly on a busy road.
"I saw a dog come out, which was very cute. The next thing I saw was a man with a gun.
"I said 'isn't that a gun?' and as soon as I said that, the driver angled the car and floored it.
"That's when we saw six men, all of them brandishing machine guns.
"My driver was a legend. He bounced off about five cars. We were driving over the top of them. It was very scary.
"I don't know whether they knew who it was they were ambushing."

The police driver of Jenson's vehicle reacted swiftly and, using avoidance techniques, rapidly forced his way through the traffic, taking Jenson and the other occupants of the car immediately away from any danger and back to their hotel.
McLaren statement

Button's team McLaren had provided him and teammate Lewis Hamilton with reinforced cars as a security measure.
A statement from McLaren said: "On Saturday evening on the way back from the Interlagos circuit to Morumbi (Sao Paulo), armed would-be assailants made an attempt to approach the car that was carrying Jenson Button.
"Neither Jenson nor the other occupants of the car were hurt.
"Vodafone McLaren Mercedes had provided both Jenson and team-mate Lewis Hamilton with reinforced armoured vehicles driven by police drivers, who had been trained in avoidance techniques and were armed.
"The police driver of Jenson's vehicle reacted swiftly and, using avoidance techniques, rapidly forced his way through the traffic, taking Jenson and the other occupants of the car immediately away from any danger and back to their hotel.
"The Sao Paulo authorities have also acted efficiently and will be providing additional security to transfer Jenson and other senior Vodafone McLaren Mercedes personnel to the Interlagos circuit for Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix."
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Thank god no one was hurt, Not sure about the people in the other cars they hit while getting away tho:eek:

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"We were driving over the top of them"

******** you were :D

Anyway, you're in an armoured car. I'm sure you'd be fine. :p

Good work from the copper by the sounds of it, would be ****ed off sitting in the line of traffic if you didn't move in time!
 
Biohazard said:
"We were driving over the top of them"

******** you were :D

Anyway, you're in an armoured car. I'm sure you'd be fine. :p

Good work from the copper by the sounds of it, would be ****ed off sitting in the line of traffic if you didn't move in time!
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6 men brandishing machine guns while your stuck in traffic in a reinforced car i for one would be bricking it, Would a reinforced car handle upto 6 machine guns hitting it i very much dout it
 
Vague term alert. 'Machine guns' could mean anything from low calibre with limited penetrative power to very large calibre weapons that could totally shred a brother.
 
Ur round next said:
Would a reinforced car handle upto 6 machine guns hitting it i very much dout it
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I was under the impression that armoured vehicles generally could withstand prolonged attacks from even high calibred weapons. Obviously not 20 RPGs at once, but I mean they are armoured with the intention of withstanding extreme attacks.
 
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