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Button rules out electric switch
Jenson Button and Kimi Raikkonen have ruled out driving in Formula E series, explaining that the nascent series lacks sufficient excitement. The all-electric series' first season reached a dramatic conclusion last weekend when former Renault driver Nelson Piquet junior clinched the title with victory at Battersea Park in London, prompting British businessman and entrepreneur Richard Branson to predict that Formula E would overtake Formula 1 in the foreseeable future. "I think in four or five years you will find Formula E taking over from F1 in terms of number of people,' Branson, whose Virgin Racing team joined F1 in 2010, said. "As time goes on, the clean energy type of business...
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