Jenson Button Carjacked in Brazil!

[deevlash]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11704802

I bet they dont car jack Kubica for his Dacia

[Justices]

Bem-vindo ao Brasil! Of ALL the drivers, it had to be poor old Jenson.

[harry010]

Unfortunately this does happen here... People laughed at me for having armoured cars, maybe not anymore...

If I were Jense I'd fly rather than drive though.. That's how I get to interlagos. Glad he is ok, very scary and hope it doesn't affect him tomorrow.

[Hedders]

UK F1 driver Jenson Button carjacked in Brazil

But actually...
"Would-be assailants made an attempt to approach the car that was carrying Jenson Button" on Saturday, said the statement from McLaren.

Button, 33, was quickly driven away by an armed policemen in the reinforced armoured vehicle provided by McLaren."

Would be assailants, not even actual assailants, made an attempt (failed) to approach the armoured vehicle.

Carjacked indeed...

Edited by Hedders on Sunday 7th November 02:39

[Justices]

There is a reason so many cars are available blindado in SP.

Quite a few friends (all local) sold or relocated their cars due to close encounters of the car jacking kind. Incredibly it takes staring down the barrel of a gun (not grounding out your car by driving around Jardims Paulista) for some guys to chop in their super cars in Sao Paulo.

[Stu R]

It was probably one of the new teams looking to discover the secret formula to being decidedly average.

[Justices]

Hedders said:

UK F1 driver Jenson Button carjacked in Brazil

But actually...
"Would-be assailants made an attempt to approach the car that was carrying Jenson Button" on Saturday, said the statement from McLaren.

Button, 33, was quickly driven away by an armed policemen in the reinforced armoured vehicle provided by McLaren."

Would be assailants, not even actual assailants, made an attempt (failed) to approach the armoured vehicle.

Carjacked indeed...

I was about to say.. a carjacking would require the jacking of a car! Bloody sensationalist media.

[harry010]

Justices said:

There is a reason so many cars are available blindado in SP.

Quite a few friends (all local) sold or relocated their cars due to close encounters of the car jacking kind. Incredibly it takes staring down the barrel of a gun (not grounding out your car by driving around Jardims Paulista) for some guys to chop in their super cars in Sao Paulo.

I live in Morumbi and have nice cars, I have not had a problem in 5 years - very few if my friends have either, mostly live
in Jardins or Higienopolis....

Ok this sounds weird having admitted my cars are bulletproof etc.. But fact remains I've been ok.. It's far nicer than joburg imo

Edited by harry010 on Sunday 7th November 03:00

[Justices]

It was a few years ago but one of my friends had a Maserati 3200 and was followed by the would-be carjackers from one of his restaurants in Jardims. He installed that immobiliser they always advertised shout about on tv which shuts the car down shortly after a theft. He simply got out of the car and left them to it.

After them doing their best to scare me half to death with tales of robbery and woe, I went against every fibre of my being and got an old 500SL back in 2004. Along with boring me half to death it never caught anyone's attention.

In all my years in Brazil I am yet to see even a garden variety street fight let alone a carjacking. Things do happen however. It's a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time I think.

[harry010]

Indeed, ask MB about my garage... But I feel safer here than I did when I lived in Parktown JoBurg...

I don't understand why they are driving to/from the circuit when I am flying.. The weather was not bad enough to stop helicopters and pretty much solves the problem. Senna used to fly himself to the track if I remember correctly, why cars.. You know the traffic here is crap!

Edited by harry010 on Sunday 7th November 03:46

[Jungles]

Team Toyota got carjacked (literally, with guns pointed at their face and all) a few years ago.

Button didn't get carjacked. A failed carjack, perhaps.

[Justices]

BBC hastily changed the title I see. "Jenson Button F1's Button in Brazil car attack"

[nsmith1180]

I read the topic title and thought, I know he was slow but jesus!

[Pints]

Failed carjacking indeed. They need to take a leaf from the pages of the South African carjacker, where you're lucky to get away with your life, certainly very seldom with your car.

[Jerry Can]

UK F1 driver Jenson Button carjacked in Brazil

But actually...
"Would-be assailants made an attempt to approach the car that was carrying Jenson Button" on Saturday, said the statement from McLaren.

Button, 33, was quickly driven away by an armed policemen in the reinforced armoured vehicle provided by McLaren."

Would be assailants, not even actual assailants, made an attempt (failed) to approach the armoured vehicle.

Carjacked indeed...
fking hell its aged him three years as well.

Edited by Jerry Can on Sunday 7th November 09:20

[Man-At-Arms]

how long until Bernie takes this venue off the list for 'safety reasons'
and replaces it with another Tilke circuit

another good circuit lost from the calendar

[996TT_STEVO]

Major, major poverty issues, drug wars, crime... yes we know it goes on everywhere, but not like Brazil... my best friend visits Brazil 3/4 times a year (English language School) and says it's horrific what goes on there... doesn't surprise me something like this has happened.

[996TT_STEVO]

Man-At-Arms said:

how long until Bernie takes this venue off the list for 'safety reasons'
and replaces it with another Tilke circuit

another good circuit lost from the calendar

I agree... and it would be such a loss

[996TT_STEVO]

And what about all this carry on with Massa threatened with Jail... what the hell is going on!

[Allyc85]

Such a shame that one of the best circuits that provides top racing has such rubbish facilities and robbing scum around it!