Formula one: Perez thrilled about McLaren challenge

Perez found his new ‘office’ full of unfamiliar features and controls to keep him busy.

JEREZ: Sergio Perez failed to make himself fully comfortable on his McLaren test debut on Wednesday but the Mexican Formula One driver was still happier than he had expected to be.

The 23-year-old, who has moved from Sauber to replace Lewis Hamilton alongside Jenson Button at the title contenders, found his new ‘office’ full of unfamiliar features and controls to keep him busy.

“It was much more different than I expected,” he told reporters.”You have to adapt yourself to a different position. It’s like starting from zero. But I think we are going in the right direction. We don’t know how competitive we are at all but all I can say is that the car feels quite good.”

Published in The Express Tribune, February 8^th, 2013.