News briefs from Monaco: Monday
The Monte Carlo harbor, however, was still awash with bulging wallets. Lakshmi Mittal, the richest man in Britain, was spotted with the F1 supremo, and fellow billionaires Mohamed Al Fayed and Sir Philip Green were moored on unbelievably huge yachts.
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Honda's Jenson Button confessed to mixed feelings in Monaco when he was asked about the media shadow cast on him this year by his rookie countryman Lewis Hamilton.
"I often used to say I wish I could get some space when the media was focused on me," the Briton said. "Now I have plenty of space. In fact, I appear to be completely alone."
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Lewis Hamilton's father and manager says he is in no rush to appoint an agent for the sensational McLaren rookie.
Anthony Hamilton recognizes the massive future earning power of his son, who will make less than a million dollars in 2007.
"We're having talks with some agents to hear what they can offer. Maybe next season, maybe later down the line," Hamilton Snr told the Daily Mail, which reported that team boss Ron Dennis would prefer to handle his driver's affairs totally in-house.
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At Dietrich Mateschitz's behest, the next issue of The Red Bulletin will ask Ron Dennis if he wants to be the paddock magazine's press officer, such was the publicity stirred by the McLaren boss' scathing comments in Monaco.
"I don't like it, I don't like what it stands for, I don't like the quality of it, and I don't like the way it tries to make fun out of individuals from every team and their efforts to try and do a good job," Dennis had said.
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Super Aguri's Anthony Davidson slammed his drive-through penalty in the Monaco grand prix as unfair, claiming that Felipe Massa was never closer than two seconds behind him.
"I was waiting until he got closer," the rookie said. "I think other people were being bad about the blue flags and maybe the stewards made an example out of me."