After all the optimism of last winter, Sergio Perez's McLaren career is over after just one year. Sky F1's Mark Hughes traces the union's unpromising beginnings and explains why even matching Button in qualy wasn't enough to avoid a swift divorce
Thursday 21 November 2013 11:08, UK
Sergio Perez and McLaren was a shotgun wedding right from the start - and the marriage is over after just one year, having not really worked for either partner.
In many ways its disappointment in Perez says more about its attitude towards Button than towards him. Had Perez been level-pegging in qualifying with Hamilton in the other McLaren over the season, one senses the team would have been quite satisfied. Button's inconsistent qualifying form and Perez's mere matching of that form has left McLaren feeling its car has been under-exploited. MH
