A bridge too far for Button?

During Jenson Button’s doldrum years, ie; His entire F1 career before Brawn came along, his home town of Frome, Somerset, really wasn’t that bothered with him. However, now he is world champion, the local council have (like Stevenage Council did… with Lewis Hamilton) found themselves a bandwagon and without a hint of shame have jumped right on it.

The town’s Mayor, Damon Hooton (they have names like that in the West Country) has proudly announced that Jenson Button will have a new bridge named after him. At first glance, this seems quite impressive until you realise it is a little footbridge and it was planned for construction long before Button triumphed in Brazil last year.

Mayor Hooton admits, “The bridge is going to be built anyway, so we decided to name it after him and we’ll put a little plaque on it and give him a presentation scroll or something”.

That should tempt Button away from Monaco for the opening ceremony.

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