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Given that McLaren dont WANT to have a number 1 or number 2 driver, that wouldn't happen regardless of what Perez did.

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Ill be surprised if he wins a race.

He should have won Malaysia (poor pit call and a mistake) costing him and nearly won in Italy. In a Sauber.

December 2006, who thought Lewis Hamilton would win a race in 2007?

If the cars stay relative in performance as 2012, he will definitely win a race.

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No irony from original poster.

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I do Like Hulk, but don´t rate him better tham Perez, let´s see:

1- Perez at Malaysia: He got lucky for the early pit stop strategy, then shown outstanding pace and finally pushed too hard on a worn tire set tyring to catch Alonso and ran wide which costed him the win.
2 - Hulkemberg at Brazil: He got lucky from initial strategy which eventually put him on the lead. He was leading and all he needed to do is remain that way, however he made a mistake which ruined his chances of winning, but everybody seems to forget this and still rate him rocket high

So it´s deffinitely more complicated win a rece when you have to overtake Alonso than when you only have to keep your position

So for me Hulkemberg is a very good driver, but part of his success at the end of the season was the Force India improving consistenly, compared to Sauber or Williams. So for me, Hulkemberg is very good but Pérez is a step above. In the other Hand, Pérez is 4 years younger, yes, 4 years! that´s a lifetime in F1, that´s why mclaren chose him.

The highs:

Hulkemberg: Excellent quali pace, very consistent driver

Pérez: Outstanding race pace, great on tires

Why shouldn't he think that? He has what he needs in order to win. I'd say he'll clinch at least one or two victories next season. He might even challenge for the championship.

No, he isn't. Perez is less than 3 years younger than The Hulk, 2 years and 5 months actually.

At that stage of their careers, age differences do not matter a great deal. If both are competing 10 years later, it might to a limited extent.

Getting back to Perez, he is a good driver and might win a few races in his career, but IMO is not WDC material. Even theoretically speaking, to become the WDC 2013, he has his own teammate to beat (which I do not believe he will), not to mention Vettel in his RB8, Alonso in the Ferrari and Raikkonen in the Lotus. I believe that even Hamilton in the struggling Mercedes will outscore Perez by the end of the season.

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Him and him alone

It's funny reading bitter Hukkenberg fanbots, I guess Mclaren management have more access to all sort of data and they think Perez is a better option. So continue to be mad, thanks.

Button had equal status from day 1 and so will Perez

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26 points = overshadowed big time??

overshadowed big time = deluded fan

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I think its a bit ingenious to suggest that Hulkenburgs drive in Brazil was down to a lucky strategy, he was the fastest driver throughout the race up to the point of his crash, faster than Button, faster than Hamilton, only Vettel seemed to have similar pace to these three

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I'm not sure you was answering to me but 26 points wasn't the true gap to the drivers, Button was outperformed by Hamilton to a larger extent than that, but saying that he certainly didn't disgrace himself

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I was answering the first quoted post

But to answer your last the "true" gap is "the" gap

God - 240
Button - 214

The end

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Exactly in the same way was Perez the fastest in Malaysia AND Monza, but everyone talks about how lucky he was with tyres! AGAIN I do like Hulk but I don´t agree with all the hype

So does Filipe

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Agree. I like Perez' attitude.