Perez: "My target is to win the championship already next year"

He is going with the right attitude, the track will put him in his place, behind or in front of Button that's yet to be seen.

Agree

I don't think he will match Button ( I rate Button very high )in the first half of the season, and at the end Button will finish ahead , then 2014 he can fight for the championship. May be just wishful thinking , we'll see .

"As a McLaren driver, it is my view (and the official view of the McLaren group) that I shall be in contention for the title next year."

joke of the month.

He never said that he expects to win the title in the first year. He only mentioned the word 'expectation' in a slightly different context.

"As a McLaren driver, it is my view (and the official view of the McLaren group) that I shall be in contention for the title next year."

Afterburner, where is that quote from ? I can find it or see a source for it anywhere. It looks like somebody has just made it up.

"As a McLaren driver, it is my view (and the official view of the McLaren group) that I shall be in contention for the title next year."

"As a McLaren driver, it is my view (and the official view of the McLaren group) that I shall be in contention for the title next year."

"The simulation algorithms at the VODAFONE MCLAREN MERCEDES team factory have estimated a high element of probability for myself to achieve a target goal of winning the World Drivers Championship next year. It is therefore in my designated program to do the utmost to maximize the equipment kindly supplied and mantained by VODAFONE MCLAREN MERCEDES, and collect an optimal amount of points in order to attain the target. Failure to do so would not be par for the VODAFONE MCLAREN MERCEDES program, and would necessitate a mental reboot of myself or potentially a driver software update, once the VODAFONE MCLAREN MERCEDES board completes a risk assessment plan. The driving entity known as myself would not desire an outcome that requires to go through that process, so I am required to break protocol and speak in the first person by directly stating that I want to be world champion, for VODAFONE MCLAREN MERCEDES."

Edited by noikeee, 04 December 2012 - 16:27.

if that was not his target he would have had the wrong job. you race to win

Afterburner, where is that quote from ? I can find it or see a source for it anywhere. It looks like somebody has just made it up.

It's a joke quote I made, implied by the face below. Basically, it's my opinion that what Checo says shouldn't be considered a surprise at all given that he is now a McLaren driver and is required to adopt MaccaSpeak as his basic mode of communication. (Thanks, ZooL.)

"The simulation algorithms at the VODAFONE MCLAREN MERCEDES team factory have estimated a high element of probability for myself to achieve a target goal of winning the World Drivers Championship next year. It is therefore in my designated program to do the utmost to maximize the equipment kindly supplied and mantained by VODAFONE MCLAREN MERCEDES, and collect an optimal amount of points in order to attain the target. Failure to do so would not be par for the VODAFONE MCLAREN MERCEDES program, and would necessitate a mental reboot of myself or potentially a driver software update, once the VODAFONE MCLAREN MERCEDES board completes a risk assessment plan. The driving entity known as myself would not desire an outcome that requires to go through that process, so I am required to break protocol and speak in the first person by directly stating that I want to be world champion, for VODAFONE MCLAREN MERCEDES."

Even better.

"The simulation algorithms at the VODAFONE MCLAREN MERCEDES team factory have estimated a high element of probability for myself to achieve a target goal of winning the World Drivers Championship next year. It is therefore in my designated program to do the utmost to maximize the equipment kindly supplied and mantained by VODAFONE MCLAREN MERCEDES, and collect an optimal amount of points in order to attain the target. Failure to do so would not be par for the VODAFONE MCLAREN MERCEDES program, and would necessitate a mental reboot of myself or potentially a driver software update, once the VODAFONE MCLAREN MERCEDES board completes a risk assessment plan. The driving entity known as myself would not desire an outcome that requires to go through that process, so I am required to break protocol and speak in the first person by directly stating that I want to be world champion, for VODAFONE MCLAREN MERCEDES."

Yeah he will do it hammy style, oh wait... Maybe the 2nd year then.