Former Components One world champion Jenson Button joins hosts Jason Plato and Dave Vitty on the award-winning podcast Fuelling Round to debate his profession and what it was prefer to work with Keanu Reeves for the Brawn: The Inconceivable Components 1 Story documentary on Disney +.
Button was the lead driver for Brawn-Mercedes when he gained the 2009 F1 world championship in what was the sports activities final underdog story, because the smallest crew on the grid that was bought for simply £1, beat their uber-rich rivals to each the Drivers and the Constructors’ championships.
Jenson Button on teaming up with Keanu Reeves
The 43-year-old detailed on the podcast what it was prefer to work with the Hollywood celebrity and whether or not he had a previous reference to The Matrix and John Wick star earlier than making the four-parter.
“It’s scary that it’s 15 years in the past, however life simply takes over and you progress on, and also you do new issues, and you’ve got youngsters, and also you get married and also you don’t take a look at the previous as a lot as in all probability we should always, particularly with stuff you’ve achieved,” Button stated.
“Keanu and his crew acquired in contact and stated ‘we’d love to do a documentary in regards to the 2009 season.’
“Supposedly Keanu heard about it from a buddy and so they stated ‘did you ever hear about this 2009 12 months the place this crew was purchased for £1 and so they gained the world championship?’ And Keanu’s like ‘what?!’
“He seemed into it, and acquired into it and as Keanu does, simply went head first into making it. He did such a superb job, he actually actually did, of bringing this superb 12 months right into a story and he acquired the interviews that he needed, and interviews that not many different individuals in all probability may.
“He loves his vehicles, he loves his bikes, he loves competitors and he loves sport. And I feel extra importantly, he loves a superb story. And he undoubtedly had a superb place to begin.
“It’s pretty that it’s documented as a result of it offers me time to cease and look again and do not forget that 12 months. It’s additionally nice as a result of I’ve acquired youngsters now and so they get to see me race.
“It’s pretty and it’s emotional and there’s tens of millions of recent followers of this sport. They usually’ve seen Crimson Bull and Mercedes battle for victories and championships, however they’d suppose that is implausible {that a} small crew purchased for £1 may battle towards the large groups, but it surely occurred!
“I imply if this was a film, you’ll say ‘effectively that doesn’t work as a result of that’s by no means gonna occur’. It’s such an essential 12 months within the sport and it’s documented very effectively by Keanu and his crew.
“He (Keanu) had been to a few F1 races, so I’d met him. However then we had lunch in LA, he talked me by it and I noticed his pleasure, so once we began filming, I didn’t anticipate something however the most effective.
“He was superior. He knew every little thing he wanted to know and he knew find out how to extract the appropriate solutions from his questions. He did an ideal job.”
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