hairy wrote:I think the elephant in the corner is Vodafone leaving as title sponsors.
Spot on. Not that it would worry McLaren much with Mr Slim ready to bankroll a Mexican contender under the Telmex banner.
My only issue with this whole transaction is, will Perez be ready for this?
I think alot of the performances this year have been down to some very extenuating circumstances.
Firstly the Sauber has fantastic ability in making it's tyres last longer than the opposition,
at certain tracks.
Secondly, Sauber have made extremely good use of this by strategising near perfect races for Perez.
You still need the driver to perform, and keep his nose clean. Perez has done that, but at some races he has been floundering.
In terms of pure speed, there is very little between Perez and Kobayshi particularly this year, where you could say the Japanese has a very slight advantage over Perez averaging an 11th to Perez 13.
Perez came alive during the second half of the podium races he achieved this year, but what will happen when he is in a McLaren and these strategy calls(a benefit of occasionally qualifying outside the top ten-tyre choice) will not benefit as much?
If I had to place money on Perez succeeding, I would. But something is niggling me, and I cannot put my finger on it.
One thing is for sure, Button will have an easier time of things in 2013.
