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"For about 120 milliseconds, he had a green light, so with lightning-speed reaction - just as he's paid to do - he pulled away," Whitmarsh said.
"Those lights are controlled by a whole number of circumstances, like micro-switches and buttons that are around the car and a button was pressed and then released for about 120 milliseconds.
"These people are trying to do sub-two-second stops. There's a lot going on in that time and a lot of pressure on people. Human error resulted in a green light.
"It's one of those occasions when you wish your driver wasn't so quick off the mark..."
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Straight from the horses mouth.
Yes Andrew we've seen what MW said. We've already quoted him above. Doesnt mean we cant debate it.
And, in this instance, I would say the horse is Button.
I didn't see thus why I posted it. I would suggest thaty Whitmarsh's opinion on the matter is just as valid and accurate as Buttons. But hey, if you want to believe a madcap theory go ahead.
I didnt say I believed it. Im discussing it to try to draw an opionion. I started off the conversation thinking it could no-way be Buttons fault. Someone gave me a counter-theory, which made think there is the possibility of Jeson taking some blame. Cookin's theory is far from 'madcapped'.
You see, this is what is meant to happen in discussions Andrew - You need to be open to changing your mind when new evidence supports it, and not just stick your head in the sand and blindly stick to your own initial conclusions.
Sergio Perez is amazed that he has faced a barrage of criticism after his poor Chinese Grand Prix weekend.
The Mexican struggled for pace in Shanghai last weekend and was involved in three separate incidents, including an embarrassing crash into the pit wall after Friday practice.
With McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh saying that Perez could not be satisfied with how he performed, there is mounting pressure on the Mexican to ensure he does not suffer another nightmare in Bahrain this time out.
But Perez has downplayed any suggestion that he is feeling the heat, and says he is more surprised that the critics have spoken out considering he did so well in the first two races of the year.
"At McLaren everyone is watching your performance - in every single practice session, every single race," he said in Bahrain on Thursday.
"I find it quite amazing that after three weekends when I had two good weekends in terms of maximising the car potential, that after one bad weekend I received so many criticisms.
"But I think this is quite normal and usual for a team like McLaren."
Perez says that he is not fussed about such criticisms though, as he is sure that he will be able to do much better with McLaren in the future.
"If I am totally honest, I am not bothered about it," he said. "I am here to do my job and I will try my best this weekend and the next 16 weekends.
"I will keep trying my best on those 16 weekends, I will keep trying my very best which I have been doing up until now."
Perez also understands Whitmarsh's suggestion that he needed to toughen up, but reckons doing so was not so easy with the way strategy battles were playing out in F1 now.
"It is difficult to judge when you can be aggressive and when not," he said.
"When you are in a different strategy and mainly looking after the tyres, the worst thing you can do is fight someone next to you who is on a different strategy - two or three seconds faster than you
"So you are not fighting that guy, you are fighting someone who is behind you. It is a difficult balance to judge."
Whitmarsh is being unbelievably mean on this young man! Why isn't Button stepping in to support him? Hmmmmm?
Whitmarsh is being unbelievably mean on this young man! Why isn't Button stepping in to support him? Hmmmmm?
Plus you don't know what goes on behind closed doors.
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point. 
Plus you don't know what goes on behind closed doors.
Do we want to know???
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