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Villeneuve comes sixth with Xbox controller, Button wins virtual race

Jensen Button won the virtual All-Star race on Saturday night. The Englishman had to compete against another world champion Jacques Villeneuve. The Canadian became sixth while playing with an Xbox controller. Button drove a Brawn GP car, the car with which he so surprisingly became world champion in 2009. The All-star race had quite a few veterans of Formula 1. Juan Pablo Montoya, who often competes on the sim, came second. With the victory, Jensen Button wins $10,000 which is nicely donated to charity. Button admitted to Reuters that he was nervous. "It was very nervous. I was also more nervous for this race than a real race, probably because at every corner you feel like you're...
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