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Button blames Briatore for 'playboy' image in F1
2009 Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button says that former Benetton boss Flavio Briatore is to blame for the 'playboy' image that has dogged his time in the sport ever since. Button moved from Williams to Benetton in 2001, but it's clear that the relationship between driver and flamboyant team principal wasn't as smooth as had been hoped for. Briatore notably questioned Button's commitment and called him "a lazy playboy" after finishing seventh in the 2001 Monaco Grand Prix, and the Briton says it was this comment that had plagued the rest of his career. “It started with Flavio basically saying it in Monaco,” Button told the latest edition of The High Performance Podcast....
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