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Button: It's going to be emotional
Emotions will certainly be running high for Jenson Button at the Australian GP this weekend as he returns to the grid for the first time since the death of his father John.
Having attended most of his son's races since he made his debut back in 2006, Button senior was a well-known and very popular figure in the Formula One paddock. But Papa Smurf, as he was fondly known as, won't be around to cheer his son on at Albert Park this weekend after he died in January of a suspected heart-attack at the age of 70.
Naturally it has taken Jenson a while to open up about the death of his biggest fan, and he knows it won't be easy whatever the outcome is when the chequered flag comes out on Sunday....
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