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Whitmarsh clarifies on Perez move
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Sergio Perez would still be at McLaren next season if one unnamed Formula One principal had not reneged on a deal to give Kevin Magnussen a drive for 2014, according to team boss Martin Whitmarsh.
McLaren announced this month that 21-year-old Danish rookie Magnussen, son of its former racer Jan, would be replacing the young Mexican next year alongside Britain’s 2009 world champion Jenson Button.
However, Whitmarsh told the official formula1.com website that the first choice had been to keep Perez and find Magnussen a place elsewhere on the grid where he could learn the ropes for a year or two.
“I hoped and tried to find him (Magnussen) a cockpit,” he said ahead of the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix. “I even did a deal and shook hands with a team principal up and down this paddock — an absolute deal — but he stepped back.
“Even after 25 years (in the sport) I find that difficult to deal with — I know I shouldn’t, but I am still hopelessly naive. I still think that if you look somebody in the eye and shake hands then that’s a done deal,” added the Briton.
Whitmarsh declined to name the principal.
(Reuters)
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