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"McLaren-Honda F1 driver Jenson Button has clarified his comments about young drivers in Formula One. Heading into the Austrian Grand Prix weekend, a Brazilian outlet quoted the F1 veteran as saying young drivers in the sport today make the category seem like &quot;Formula Desperate.&quot; &quot;They are very erratic. It&#39;s like they are driving in &#39;Formula Desperate&#39; -- they look like they&#39;re always so desperate,&quot; he reportedly told UOL Esporte. Arriving at the Red Bull Ring, however, the 36-year-old slammed the report and the journalist and denied the &quot;Formula Desperate&quot; quote. &quot;Some journalists do not deserve to be journalists,&quot; Button said on Twitter. The Portuguese-language journalist, however, confronted Button at the Red Bull Ring with the audio recording of the original quote. UOL Esporte then quoted the McLaren-Honda driver as clarifying: &quot;Young drivers today do not spend enough time in the minor categories and end up taking certain behaviors to Formula One. &quot;A lot of pressure is put on them to get it right from the first year.&quot; However, Button, who signed his first F1 contract as a 19-year-old in 2000, added: &quot;But when you get the opportunity as a 17-year-old to go into Formula One, of course you would say yes. I would as well. &quot;I would say I am even an example of a driver who was not ready when he arrived in F1.&quot;"
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