Jenson driving his Mclaren through Manchester

smr · 11 Aug 2011 at 23:34

Hi all,

Just noticed that Jenson will be driving his mclaren through the streets of Manchester, August 29th, which is a bank holiday monday.

I'll be getting a ferry back from Belgium and the Spa grand prix on that date - can't have it all eh!! Would have really been nice to see him revving that V8 around an English city though

... thought I'd let any of you who live near / in Manchester or fancy making the trip to see it

Full Story from autosport:

Jenson Button will drive a McLaren Formula 1 car through the streets of Manchester later this month as part of a three-day festival in the British city.

The 2009 world champion's run will take place at 11am on Monday, August 29 from Albert square, which will also be the setting for an F1 fan zone run by team sponsor Vodafone, and through the Deansgate area.

"Driving an F1 car through Manchester is going to be a unique experience for me," Button said.

"There's a chance for the public to win some great prizes so I hope Manchester is going to be out in force and are looking forward to the bank holiday as much as I am."

Button's run will form part of three days of festivities in Manchester, which will include a go-kart track, F1 simulator and working pit garage.

ScarySquirrel · 11 Aug 2011 at 23:41

I wonder how fast he'll be allowed to go.

JediFragger · 11 Aug 2011 at 23:42

Looters will have a nice target, if they can catch him...

Kerming · 12 Aug 2011 at 01:40

out of all the citys in the uk, why the hell manchester????? sorry for any northerners on here but come on.......i know bristol is a ******** but come on......manchester????

JonnyGLC · 12 Aug 2011 at 11:36

Kerming said:
out of all the citys in the uk, why the hell manchester????? sorry for any northerners on here but come on.......i know bristol is a sweary but come on......manchester????

Every new post of yours further confirms my suspicions that you're a total moron. Why not Manchester? Silverstone is miles away for regular joes up here, so it's a chance for the general public to get a glimpse of an F1 car in the flesh.

smr · 12 Aug 2011 at 13:40

It's actually a good thing having it in Manchester tbh. Though Leicester would have course have been better

But if not Leic then I'm glad at least that it's not the usual down south place - it's usually either Goodwood which is a 3-3.5 hour trek from here down south, or somewhere near London, like a Shopping centre in Kent.

So yeah, nice change. :cool:

Fluffybob · 12 Aug 2011 at 13:42

I can see it now, Jenson come out of the press room to find his Mclaren, wheels missing and on a pile of house bricks ! ! !

smr · 12 Aug 2011 at 13:47

Fluffybob said:
I can see it now, Jenson come out of the press room to find his Mclaren, wheels missing and on a pile of house bricks ! ! !

Think that's a bit further up north

DRZ · 12 Aug 2011 at 14:00

smr said:
Think that's a bit further up north

Leeds?

mmj_uk · 12 Aug 2011 at 21:42

JediFragger said:
Looters will have a nice target, if they can catch him...

No chance if it's raining.

Duke · 12 Aug 2011 at 22:47

Are the mechanics going for training too? Being shown how to remove four wheels even quicker than they do.

Invertigo · 29 Aug 2011 at 17:38

So, this is how I spent my bank holiday

SHEDDER1uk · 29 Aug 2011 at 17:51

Nice

They must sound incredible up close.

Invertigo · 29 Aug 2011 at 17:55

The noise of the V8 screaming, bouncing off the redline and tyres squealing was unreal. Bloody loud, though!

DBT85 · 29 Aug 2011 at 18:22

Invertigo said:
The noise of the V8 screaming, bouncing off the redline and tyres squealing was unreal. Bloody loud, though!

We found that at Goodwood when Bruno pulled up in the Renault exactly where we were standing. So. Much. Noise.

Invertigo · 9 Sep 2011 at 02:10

Finally pieced all my videos of the Vodafone Live event in Manchester over the bank holiday.

Crank the sound up and listen to that screaming V8 and tyres squaling and fighting all the way!