Jenson Button still has it.

Not a current car, but who cares.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gyV_NeeSVIQ

one of the most under rated drivers...

I hope he joins Weber in sportscars. Imagine those two teaming up in an Audi or Porsche!

Looks impressive to us mere mortals, but it doesn't say much about Jenson Button's skills as an F1 driver - anyone who couldn't do that for hours on end wouldn't be put in an F1 car for a race. Maldonado would pull off that stunt just as easily (well, probably...his odds would be very good anyway).

Which is even more impressive considering how hypersensitive the cars are.

CGLockRacer wrote: I hope he joins Weber in sportscars. Imagine those two teaming up in an Audi or Porsche!

I think I'd have to take my wife to Le Mans. She's a big fan of both Mark and Jenson.

I used to (and still sometimes do) do this with students at autox and driving schools, but with cones, and in a straight line.

Park the car, and set one cone next to each tire, giving about 6 inches between the wheel and the cone. Drive around and then drive through the gap at 25-30 mph. Looking at the cones from far away you will never believe your car will fit through. Pretty much the only way to drive through at speed is to NOT look at the cones. But once you figure it out it is really easy.

Look like CG and editing to me but not really a motorsport moment in any case- more like base jumping or one of the other super high risk 'sports' that so often end really badly. Meh.

I wanna see the outtakes.

Isn't that what autocrossers do every weekend?

There was a pretty stout disclaimer flashed on the screen at the end. I'm guessing plastic barriers or CGI. I seriously doubt Button did anything as high risk as that video appeared.

I would guess he actually did it. F1 drivers are on a whole different level from us mere mortals. Now, I'll guess that he had a few practice runs with cones first, but have no doubt the video was real.

-Rob

While I probably couldn't even complete a lap in one of those cars, and it's visually quite impressive, it seems to me that giving an F1 driver nearly 20 inches of leeway should be child's play.

vwcorvette wrote: Isn't that what autocrossers do every weekend?

Cones move when hit. Jersey barriers, not so much!

Of course it's CGI, but in case you're not convinced, here's some screenshots.

Notice the shadow is on the far side of the barrier as he approaches it:

And then is on the near side in the overhead shot:

But steronz, you dolt, they could have filmed that at different times of the day!

Fine, here the shadows are messed up and they also turned half of the barriers around between shots:

There, fun ruined.

Huh I'm surprised they didn't do it for real, at least with plastic barriers.

Yeah, should be easy, even for a 'mortal', to do at say 80% of race speed. It would still look really fast.