Jenson Button gets Corden pep talk (From Haringey Independent)

Jenson Button gets Corden pep talk

1:18am Sunday 14th March 2010 in

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World champion racing driver Jenson Button was unable to steer clear of a pit stop pep talk with Gavin and Stacey's Smithy in his preparations for Bahrain Grand Prix.

F1 star Button becomes the latest recipient of James Corden's pearls of wisdom after the comedian showed tennis ace Andy Murray how to make it to Grand Slam glory.

Corden has teamed up with a host of British sports stars as part of a string of spoof sketches for this year's Sport Relief.

A preview of Corden's character Smithy meeting Button will be screened during BBC One's coverage of the Bahrain Grand Prix, the charity said.

The meeting is part of Smithy's "one-man mission" to motivate sporting greats for the TV charity fundraising efforts, to be screened on March 19.

He also meets the Manchester United squad and diver Tom Daley.

The sketch follows last year's pep talk to the England football team for Comic Relief's Red Nose Day.