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Button: Ecclestone is wrong!
20 October 2006Jenson Button has hit out at Ecclestone's critics on the Briton. Ecclestone believes Button hasn't got what it takes to be a world champion one day as Button wouldn't be dedicated enough.
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Ecclestone told The Times earlier this week: "He's got to make his mark. If he does, there is no reason why he can't be a superstar for us. He's got all the qualities in and outside the car. Michael has given up so much to achieve what he has achieved. He is dedicated to what he is and puts himself under an awful lot of pressure. He'll win a race and next day start testing."
"I'm not sure whether Jenson is prepared to do that. I would say that Jenson is much like the old-time drivers. The Graham Hill type of driver, with all the talent that they need, except nowadays you've got to be dedicated, too."
Button doesn't agree with Bernie Ecclestone. He told reporters in Brazil: "You have just got to look at the facts and the statistics, which he hasn't done. I read that I don't work hard enough, that I don't go from a race to a test. Well that's not true. I've done more mileage than anyone in testing, especially over the winter."
"During the season it's been similar to Michael Schumacher, about the same mileage because we are all limited. There are no facts to say that I don't put enough effort in it all, I put a lot of effort in it. F1 is very different to what it used to be in the past and you have to work very hard. Every driver is working hard but people don't see that."
"I'm giving everything. Everything I do in my life is to do with Formula One and to do with improving my career. So those comments couldn't be further from the truth really."
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