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Whitmarsh: Perez is still learning
Martin Whitmarsh welcomed Sergio Perez attacking Jenson Button in Bahrain but "did not approve" of him hitting his team-mate.
While other teams have proven in recent weeks that they won't shy away from issuing team orders, McLaren have always insisted that they won't run their team that way. And that was evident in Bahrain.
Perez and Button went at it tooth-and-nail several times during the 57-lap grand prix which resulted in the Mexican hitting the Brit and the Brit pushing the Mexican wide.
The duo, though, managed to avoid disaster and made it to the chequered flag with Perez in sixth place and Button tenth.
"There was a lot of noise in my ear telling me to calm them...
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