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Button takes pay cut to join McLaren

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LONDON (AP) Formula One champion Jenson Button admits he took a pay cut to join last year's winner Lewis Hamilton at McLaren, but adds he left Brawn for a new challenge.

A day after the move was revealed, Button said on Thursday it would be strange being a rival to Brawn after seven years with the team.

"I am actually earning less than I would have been at Brawn so it's not about the money and everybody involved knows that is not the case. It's because it's something new," Button told BBC Radio.

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Saturday, November 21, 2009
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RankDriverPoints
1 Jenson Button (GBR) 95
2 Sebastian Vettel (GER) 84
3 Rubens Barrichello (BRA) 77
4 Mark Webber (AUS) 69.5
5 Lewis Hamilton (GBR) 49
6 Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) 48
7 Nico Rosberg (GER) 34.5
8 Jarno Trulli (ITA) 32.5
9 Fernando Alonso (SPA) 26
10 Timo Glock (GER) 24
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