Jenson Button‘s wild card during the 2017 surely was one for the ages. The former F1 World Champion sat behind the wheel for McLaren at the historic Monaco venue, chiming in for Fernando Alonso‘s American dream at the Indy 500.

Not only he scored possibly the best team radio of the season, but he also managed to flip Pascal Wehrlein’s Sauber into the barriers at Portier.

Luckily the german left unharmed, but he had to wait a good 5 minutes before returning to standard compass

 

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Emanuele Venturoli

Emanuele Venturoli

Emanuele Venturoli is Head of Communication & Marketing at RTR Sports Marketing, where he has led the agency's editorial, digital, and SEO output since 2012. He holds a degree in Public, Political and Institutional Communication from the University of Bologna and began his career in sport at Virtus Bologna basketball before moving into motorsport. He lectures in sports marketing at 24ORE Business School and writes across Formula 1, MotoGP, and sponsorship strategy, overseeing RTR's multilingual content platform across 13 languages.
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