Jenson Button’s car has been eminence in central London traffic for five minutes. A parked lorry straddles a T-junction near Knightsbridge, on to which we exigency to turn. Cars are backing up on both streets – laboratory conditions for road rage. But the championship-alluring Formula One driver peers over the wheel with a faint smile, radiating serenity. “This is an extremely bad day in London for freight,” he says. “I hope you’re not in a rush.”
I never imagined the life of an F1 driver was all 220mph rips down the tail find and champagne showers, but a morning spent driving with Button into central London at legal speed limits certainly confirms this. McLaren has agreed to this initiative partly as high-end product placement for the MP4-12C , the road car with which the company hopes to bring its racing technology to routine drivers (albeit wealthy ones – the vehicle’s price is £168,500 ($276,779)).
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