Martin Whitmarsh believes only time will tell about Sergio Perez ? Formula 1 news
McLaren team principal, Martin Whitmarsh believes only time will tell that whether their decision regarding Sergio Perez is right or not.
Perez has signed a multi-year contract with the Woking based team and will replace Lewis Hamilton in the coming year.
On the other hand, Hamilton has signed a new agreement with Mercedes where he is going to replace the seven-time world champion, Michael Schumacher who has decided to take retirement at the end of his season.
Even though, the Mexican driver has impressed everyone with his impressive performance in the season so far. However, he has not been able to score any points after signing his new deal with the British squad.
Nevertheless, Whitmarsh has said that the 22-year-old has got an extraordinary talent and they have signed the contract with him after making the necessary assessment.
?He is 22 years old, the same age now as when Lewis started in Formula One,? he said. ?He has a lot of talent, and we would not have signed him unless we thought he could go to another level.?
In addition, he said that presently they don?t know how the young driver will perform in the next season under huge pressure. Nonetheless, he said that they are feeling positive about their decision. ?
?Obviously we don't know (about his Championship credentials) because he has never experienced the type of pressure Jenson and Lewis are under. You turn up in a McLaren, and if you are not on the front couple of rows then there is a lot of pressure applied on you,? he said.
?Time will tell, and we'll have that inquest next year,? he added.
At present, Perez is standing at 10th place in the drivers? championship with 66 points. Besides, he is ahead of his teammate, Kamui Kobayashi and is behind Romain Grosjean of Lotus.
It will be important to mention that he has also been admired by former F1 driver, Niki Lauda who said that the youngster is destined to achieve greatness in his career ahead.
Let?s see how he performs in the remaining two races of the current season.?
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