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[LewEngBridewell]

Coming back to Perez, it seems increasingly obvious that he is a good driver.....and that's it. He has flattered to deceive a bit too often now and while he may get another chance for 2014, I am not sure the team will continue to keep him when the Honda engines arrive for 2015. Unless he delivers, of course - but personally I think he is well short of the Big League.

He released a statement recently, in the run up to the Singapore Grand Prix, saying that he simply has to improve.

At least he kept it clean during the race yesterday, despite many close encounters with other cars. I admit I still almost find myself turning away when he's in those situations.

[Zekenwolf]

Maybe Perez's problem is that having suddenly (and perhaps slightly unexpectedly) been promoted to a big league team to partner a former champion, he is a bit wound-up and too eager to do well? There were those situations earlier in the season where he attacked Button, going shoulder to shoulder but then seemed uncertain at the crucial moment whether to plough-on or back-off.

[Hammer278]

Well now it seems he's content to just stay behind Button unfortunately. He was all over Button in Singapore towards the end but just acted as a rear gunner to keep the 2 cars behind him, behind. Sad story...it seems Perez is either not allowed to fight or has domiciled to accept his 'senior's special needs.

[racechick]

Yeah poor Perez. I feel really sorry for him. But we have to make button look good at all costs.

[Zekenwolf]

McLaren will get the Honda engine again in 2015 and if the partnership jells well in the opening year, they could be real challengers for both Championships in 2016. Looking at the way the driver market is going at present, they will have a lot of choice in that year. All sorts of permutations are possible.

- Vettel completes his RBR contract as it now is and unless he has extended it ( which I doubt), he might be available.
- Hamilton would be in a similar position with his current Mercedes contract. I wonder how each party would look at a 'homecoming" situation?
- Alonso might persuade Ferrari to release him a year ahead of schedule. They might be willing if they are interested in Vettel or Hamilton taking the Spaniard's place.
- The two Nicos will be around too if none of the above are available OR the second driver's seat is also vacant at McLaren.

[What's Burning?]

I just realized this fact today, McLaren has never suffered a death of a driver in an F1 car. Bruce McLaren died while testing a Cam-Am car.

[1Lemon]

Can't wait until I see the adverts "McLaren, safer than Boeing; we make upside-down planes too!"

[Jabberwocky]

It would be better than that creepy bust of Jenson on the latest Santander advert

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[sagi58]

I just realized this fact today, McLaren has never suffered a death of a driver in an F1 car. Bruce McLaren died while testing a Cam-Am car.

Being really ""stupid""-stitious, I wish you hadn't said that!

[What's Burning?]

I just realized this fact today, McLaren has never suffered a death of a driver in an F1 car. Bruce McLaren died while testing a Cam-Am car.

Being really ""stupid""-stitious, I wish you hadn't said that!

The part about Bruce McLaren's death?

[sagi58]

I just realized this fact today, McLaren has never suffered a death of a driver in an F1 car. Bruce McLaren died while testing a Cam-Am car.

Being really ""stupid""-stitious, I wish you hadn't said that!

The part about Bruce McLaren's death?

Nope... the part that no McLaren driver has ever died...

[Hammer278]

It's a way way higher chance for any of us to die on the motorway tomorrow rather than an F1 driver suffering a fatality in an F1 car.

[Jabberwocky]

Fate = tempted

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[LRW]

http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/12474/8955602/mclaren-havent-given-up-hope-of-signing-fernando-alonso-for-the-2014-season

Hmmmmmmmm. Very interesting. I dont think they've got a hope of signing him though.

Although the Spaniard delivered an emphatic assurance that he will partner Kimi Raikkonen at the Scuderia next year when he faced the press two weeks ago at the Singapore GP, it's understood the Woking outfit are refusing to concede defeat in their ongoing bid to rehire the two-times World Champion.

Mark Hughes @SportmphMark: Efforts continue at McLaren to wrest Alonso from Ferrari for 2014. #skyf1

Alonso's single season at McLaren in 2007 ended in bitter acrimony and a swift divorce, but team boss Martin Whitmarsh has publicly confirmed he wants to re-sign the Spaniard following a dismal campaign in which Sergio Perez has failed to impress alongside Jenson Button.

"I am told by a credible source that their efforts are very much continuing to get him in the car for 2014," Sky F1 columnist Mark Hughes revealed during coverage of Friday practice for the Korean GP.

It had been thought that, were Alonso to be lured back to McLaren, it would be for the 2015 season when the team will once again join forces with Honda.

While Button has signed a contract extension for next season, Perez's future with McLaren remains clouded in doubt, with the Mexican's seat for next season still not guaranteed even if, as is expected, Alonso opts to remain at Ferrari.

That remains the most likely option, although speculation suggests that Alonso, who is currently contracted until the end of 2016, is free to leave because Ferrari have broken the agreed terms by hiring Raikkonen even though the double World Champion has a veto.

The logic is that Alonso - a proud man and aware of how his leaving Ferrari now a team-mate rather less malleable than Felipe Massa is coming on board might project to the wider world - will stay put and take on the challenge Raikkonen will provide.

Then there's the fact that although next season brings wholesale rule changes, McLaren will be seeing out the final year of their Mercedes contract. Might a move in 2015, when Honda power is on tap, make more sense?

By then Alonso may have bettered Raikkonen and with his reputation enhanced further, the chance to embark on a new challenge with his former team and escape the Maranello cauldron might be too tempting to resist.

Such a move might appear unlikely but F1 is a world where unlikely things can happen.

[racechick]

So he did have a veto on his partner in his contract. That's pathetic!