Barcelona: Sergio Perez has made peace with teammate Jenson Button and their McLaren bosses after twice hitting Button during the Bahrain Grand Prix last month.
Perez says they now need to work harder together in order to make McLaren more competitive at this week's Spanish Grand Prix.
"We are thankful that we are in a team like McLaren which lets you fight as teammates, so in that respect we have to respect each other a bit more," Perez said on Thursday. "We lost time and I think that has to be a little bit different between us."
Button was unhappy with Perez three weeks ago, rebuking him over the race radio for his aggressive attitude and telling his own team to calm him down after Perez slammed into the rear of Button's car and bumped him side on....
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09:21 AM, May 10, 2013
Sakhir: For McLaren, the story is becoming depressingly familiar. Another track and another race it doesn't expect to win. McLaren drivers Jenson Button and Sergio Perez were 11th and 13th fastest in the second practice ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix. Things aren't expected to get much better Sunday, the team acknowledged, due to the hot and sandy conditions which are unfavorable to a car like McLaren's which has struggled...
11:47 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Manama: Mexican Sergio Perez is not afraid to admit he is feeling the pressure at McLaren. The 23-year-old, who took over from Lewis Hamilton after the 2008 Formula One world champion left for Mercedes at the end of last season, assured reporters at the Bahrain Grand Prix that he could handle it, however. "I have definitely felt the pressure. At McLaren everyone is watching your performance - in every single...
11:23 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Manama: McLaren new boy Sergio Perez has been told by team boss Martin Whitmarsh to use his elbows and make life harder for Formula One rivals. "I think he's been very polite so far this year, I think he needs to toughen up," Whitmarsh told reporters after the Mexican finished a disappointing 11th in Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai. "I think he's been generous in allowing people past him....
04:24 PM, Apr 15, 2013
For a brief moment, it appeared Jenson Button would challenge for a podium spot at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday and end McLaren's poor start to the season. But those hopes unraveled in the pits. ...
09:34 AM, Mar 25, 2013
Three-time Formula One champion Jackie Stewart expects McLaren to join Red Bull and Ferrari among the list of challengers. ...
12:31 PM, Mar 24, 2013
The team's newest driver, Sergio Perez, feels McLaren must do whatever it can to compete including returning to last year's car. ...
10:14 AM, Mar 22, 2013
Perez did a series of shorter runs in the morning and then longer ones in the afternoon. ...
08:53 AM, Feb 21, 2013
McLaren finished third in the constructors' championship last season and are in the midst of a major transformation. ...
11:46 AM, Feb 01, 2013
McLaren unveiled their 2013 Formula One car with an ear-splitting blast from the past as the team celebrated 50 years in motor racing. ...
11:15 PM, Jan 31, 2013
Greater Noida: Mexican test driver Esteban Gutierrez will replace sick compatriot Sergio Perez in first practice at the Indian Grand Prix on Friday, the Sauber Formula One team said. "Due to the fact ... Prez is unwell, the Sauber F1 Team has decided to let its reserve driver Esteban Gutierrez jump into the car for the first free practice session," they said in a statement. "This should help Sergio's speedy...
09:28 AM, Oct 26, 2012
Greater Noida: Sauber's Mexican driver Sergio Perez cancelled his Indian Grand Prix media commitments due to illness on Thursday with doubts about whether he would be fit for Friday practice. Sauber said Perez had a cold and a decision would be made on Friday with Mexican reserve Esteban Gutierrez, who has been tipped to move up to a race seat with the Formula One team next year, available as a...
04:40 PM, Oct 25, 2012
Suzuka: McLaren's Lewis Hamilton accused his future replacement Sergio Perez of 'crazy' driving on Sunday after the two fought for points at the Japanese Grand Prix. Mexican Perez, who will move from Sauber to replace Hamilton next season when the 2008 Formula One champion joins Mercedes, retired on the 18th of 53 laps after spinning off while trying to pass the Briton at the hairpin. Perez, who is not a...
06:01 PM, Oct 07, 2012
Suzaka: Sergio Perez's main Mexican backers will stick with Sauber despite the driver's departure for McLaren at the end of the season, the Swiss team's chief executive Monisha Kaltenborn said on Friday. Perez is backed by Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex), the telecoms provider run by Carlos Slim Domit whose father is the world's richest man. Sauber also have several other Mexican sponsors prominent on their Formula One cars, including leading...
05:48 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Suzuka: Mexican Sergio Perez cheerfully owned up to misleading the media on Thursday over talks that led to him securing a race seat at McLaren next season. The 22-year-old Sauber driver added that glamour team Ferrari, with whom he had also been linked, had never been an option. After denying at the previous race in Singapore that there had been any approaches from top teams, Perez recognised at the Japanese...
09:02 PM, Oct 04, 2012
Lewis Hamilton is moving to Mercedes, replacing seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher in a major shakeup that also saw Sergio Perez sign with McLaren. Hamilton has been at McLaren throughout his F1 career but the British team had been unwilling to match a lucrative offer from Mercedes, where he will team with Nico Rosberg next season on a three-year contract. The deal, which had been rumored for weeks, was...
08:58 AM, Sep 29, 2012
Singapore: Sauber's Sergio Perez is playing his cards close to his chest regarding his Formula One future after arriving in Singapore for Sunday's grand prix fresh from a third podium of the season in Monza two weeks ago. The 22-year-old Mexican has shown plenty of promise in his second season at the elite level with his second-place finish in Italy fueling speculation that a move to a bigger team was...
07:34 PM, Sep 20, 2012
