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Perez finally getting 'stuck in'
McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has given Sergio Perez another confidence boost, saying he is moving in the right direction.
The Mexican didn't make the best of starts to life at McLaren, picking up only 12 points in the first five races. He was also accused by team-mate Jenson Button of being too aggressive.
Perez, though, put his head down and he has gradually improved in recent races.
"Checo is showing the intelligence and natural pace that we saw in him before," Whitmarsh said during a Vodafone phone-in.
"He is growing in confidence. He is very young and relatively inexperienced.
"To put himself into daunting place of being a McLaren driver, particularly...
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