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Button clarifies comment on women
03 November 2005 |
Amid all the controversy that blew up after Jenson Button made a remark about women never being able to make it in F1, the British driver has struck back explaining he made the comments in moment of male banter with a men's magazine.
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"The comments have been taken out of context and written in a way which implies that what has been written is a serious response to women competing in F1, which of course is not the case," Button said. "In that article you will see that I talk about Danica Patrick and how great she is on the Indy circuit. I have a huge amount of respect for her and for anybody competing in motorsport as I know how tough it is, be it women or men."
"My comments were made in pure jest during a moment of male banter, and I sincerely regret that so few words - and more importantly the way in which they were written have caused anybody any offense," he added.
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