Tooned McLaren - Japanese Dialogue in Episode 7 "The Rising Son"

© 2012 McLaren Animation

As an F1 fan I used to follow the Tooned series by the McLaren F1 Team. In Episode 7 of the 2012 season, there was a dialogue between Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton in Japanese. Unlike back then, I can understand the conversation now.

That's how the dialogue looks in Japanese: 

バトン「おい、ルイス。今日は何をするつもりかな」
ハミルトン「やめて！日本語が分からないから。」
バトン「あー、そうか」

A literal translation would be like this:
Button: "Hey Lewis. What are we going to do today?"
Hamilton: "Stop. I don't speak Japanese."
Button: "Ah. I see."

The subs are a bit different, but adapted to fit the situation like adding the professor. The sentence is kinda vague anyway.

It is implied that Button knows some Japanese as he had a Japanese girlfriend at that time.

Watching the dialogue now gives me a smile as I can understand it unlike in 2012 watching this episode for the first time. An interesting thing to look back.