If forced to move to Williams
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Jenson Button has reportedly fired a warning at Frank
Williams -- let me stay at BAR, or I'll spend the year on the F1 bench.
F1 impresario Bernie Ecclestone rubbished the suggestion as media mischief-making.
''There's no danger of that happening,'' the 74-year-old billionaire told the Mirror newspaper.
He said: ''He has a contract. We need a British driver in F1.''
25-year-old Button's warning is evidently in reaction to
Williams' stated intention to haul the Englishman back to Grove, even against his wishes.
JB's current boss, BAR principal Nick Fry, may be about to lose his man, but the clichés keep coming -- the contractual adversity, Fry said, is making Jenson 'stronger.'
''People who take a few knocks often come out the stronger,'' the Briton added.
Fry urged the public and media to cut Button, who drove the 'maglev' train in Shanghai at 430kmh on Wednesday, a little bit of slack after also bungling his contracts last year and appearing disloyal and fickle.
''He's a race car driver,'' said Nick. ''I think it's very harsh to point the finger.''
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