Button pulls out of triathlon

[fizzycola]

from Motorsport.com

Championship leader Jenson Button last week failed to contest as scheduled the tough Nokia Windsor Triathlon in England.

The Brawn driver, who regularly takes part in the athletic endurance events, pulled out because he hadn't realised it was to take place just a week before the British Grand Prix.

"He wasn't comfortable that it was quite so close," a spokesman told the Telegraph. "There seemed too great a risk of him sustaining an injury and there wouldn't be time to get fixed before the Grand Prix."

Button, 29, still plans to take part in the London Triathlon in August, which coincides with a break in the Formula One calendar.

As a Honda driver last year, Button contested last year's Windsor triathlon, which took place a week before the 2008 French Grand Prix.


fizzy

[blacktulip]

More at stake for Button this year Fizzy, think that could be the reason

[susieq]

He needs a decent PA, well 'm up for the job ;-)

[fizzycola]

Yep, he needs a good PA.

Go for it susieq.. I'll give you a reference....

;D

fizzy

[unclemushroom]

of course he would pull out, I'M sure his team helped with the decision that apparently HE made???

[fizzycola]

Um...you may just have a valid point there

Either that or he is a total wimp - which I don't think he is....

fizzy

[fraggle]

So did his engineer do it??? As he was meant to be doing it with him or was it the one in Aug. I heard this was thought to have been in Jul?

Lol, so if he does do the next triathlon, the rate he's going he could have WDC wrapped up by then?