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Watson claims McLaren chose money over talent
12 March, 2013 Martin Whitmarsh with Jenson Button and Sergio Perez
Former McLaren driver John Watson has accused his former team of effectively hiring a pay-driver to replace Lewis Hamilton in 2013.
Ulsterman Watson, a McLaren winner three decades ago, thinks McLaren was tempted by team newcomer Sergio Perez's connections to the Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim.
'Politically they have always tried to employ the best possible drivers who were available. Not who they could afford but who were available,' he told the Guardian.
'There were other options and some of those were probably ones I would have gone for,' said Watson, who said Nico Hulkenberg and Kimi Raikkonen would have been better...
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