Jenson driving his Mclaren through Manchester

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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.

 

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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.

 

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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