But Mexican youngster delighted with sixth-placed finish
Monday 22 April 2013 09:41, UK
Sergio Perez has admitted his wheel-to-wheel clash with Jenson Button during the Bahrain GP crossed the line of good team-mate behaviour after being rebuked for being "too aggressive" by his McLaren partner.
But could Button have simply avoided the confrontation by ceding position to the faster McLaren as the Englishman struggled for grip after experiencing sharper tyre-wear than the sister MP4-28? "It was difficult," mused Perez. "I agree I was faster but Jenson was fighting for his race and we were so close on strategy that it was important to make it count and he fought very hard. But probably we lost a little bit too much time together." In the furore over his clash with Button, it was easy to lose sight of how impressive Perez had been as he strong-armed his McLaren to fifth. With the MP4-28 scheduled to be treated to a makeover in Barcelona, the youngster is hopeful that his year is only in the first flourishes of recovery. "It has been a difficult season so far with the car always changing between Friday and Saturday," he reflected. "But I think this was a turning point for our season and this was the start of our season."
