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Video: Jenson Button takes on FOS in McLaren MP4-12C

12th June 2020
Laura Thomson

2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button is no stranger to fast cars – or Goodwood for that matter. The 40-year-old Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard regular has been behind various wheels since the tender age of eight, and boasts a distinguished 17-year F1 career.

So, the finesse with which he pilots a McLaren MP4-12C up the Goodwood hillclimb is hardly surprising. But nonetheless, we can’t help but watch in awe as the first true McLaren production car cuts a fine line up the Duke of Richmond’s famous driveway.

Accompanied by the man responsible for the MP4-12C's development and former McLaren test driver, Chris Goodwin, Button takes the burnt orange car for a smooth jaunt up the haybale-lined hillclimb, its 600PS twin-turbo V8 engine purring in accord as he shifts seamlessly through the seven-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox.

  • Jenson Button

  • McLaren

  • MP4-12C

  • Chris Goodwin

  • Festival of Speed

  • FOS

  • Hillclimb

  • Hillclimb Action

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