Button injured in car crash in Budapest

[marshalla]

According to http://www.jensonbutton.com/#/News/Latest/

"Jenson Button, 31, is in a critical condition after being involved in a serious accident. Jenson was taken to Budapest's AEK hospital where he is undergoing medical attention. It's unclear what injuries Jenson sustained during the accident at this time.

Jenson's team is in contact with the FIA and currently discussing whether he is able to race tomorrow at the Hungaroring."

[MiniMan64]

Oh st.......

[ChiChoAndy]

Doesn;t sound too serious if they are talking about him going in the race. Sounds like a bit of a formality? Hope the chap is OK though. Seems a very mixed message. Critical condition - See if he can race...

[MiniMan64]

ChiChoAndy said:

Doesn;t sound too serious if they are talking about him going in the race. Sounds like a bit of a formality? Hope the chap is OK though.

"critical condition"

Surely racing is well out of the question, that SLS looks mashed.

[ChiChoAndy]

Edited for the mixed message. Surely if he is in critical condition, they wouldn't even consider the race?'

[anonymous-user]

Get well soon Jenson.

[VeeFour]

Hmmm, a bit confusing at the moment - 'critical' and 'discussing if he will race' don't really fit.

Is he the most unlucky driver on the grid this season? - not a single non-fault retirement so far, but a series of external fk-ups seem to be conspiring to ruin his season.

[anonymous-user]

The rumour is that this is a hoax, if so why is it on his official website :S Someones getting fired in the morning.

I say this because there is no report of it anywhere other than his site and here.

[ChiChoAndy]

I'm no expert, (at which point I should keep quite, but ho-hum), but does it look like he was hit on the side? Wonder what the events were that led to the crash?

[MiniMan64]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

MiniMan64 said:

that SLS looks mashed.

really ?

Well it sure as hell didn't come out the factory like that. I suppose it could be a hoax, I guess we'll find out in the next half hour. Twitter?

[marshalla]

Hmmm. Not confirmed anywhere else yet. Could be a site hack ?

[ChiChoAndy]

marshalla said:

Hmmm. Not confirmed anywhere else yet. Could be a site hack ?

Hope so.

[anonymous-user]

Has to be fake, the picture is used here in a article last year. http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/first-mercedes-...

[Stiglet80]

Hope it is a fake.

[TerzoNeil]

cant find anthing about the button news on the crash, anywhere

[kieranjholland]

it's got to be a hoax (I hope) - lets not double up, this thread is already covering this:

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0... Buttons in critical condition after car crash?

[marshalla]

The year-old picture pretty much confirms that it's a website hack.

Sorry for raising the heart rates like that chaps.

[VeeFour]

TerzoNeil said:

cant find anthing about the button news on the crash, anywhere

Well, I tried Sky Sports News and there's no mention on there, so I'm definitely going with a site hack now.

[Stu R]

As per the other thread, it's a load of rubbish. See the picture, look at the date, case closed, you're welcome. http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/first-mercedes-...

[TerzoNeil]

that picture is dated june 2010

please let it be a fake