Jenson Button – 4th:<\/b><\/p>\n
For Checo, myself, and the entire Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team, today has been an incredible day. I’m thrilled to have finished 4th; it’s almost the podium position I could have aimed for here. We really needed a result like today’s. The 2013 season hasn’t been easy – it has been tough for us on all circuits, but it has probably been even harder for the guys at the factory, who worked tirelessly to create new parts. They are a truly passionate and dedicated group of people, and they thoroughly deserve the “animation” that this result offers them. I’m happy for Checo [Sergio Perez] as well. He won’t be with us next year, but he had a really good race today. Kudos to him. I also want to say a big thank you to Vodafone. Vodafone has been an absolutely incredible title partner, we’ve had a lot of fun together – both on and off the track. Some of the videos made with them were really brilliant. I’m sad to see them go, but I think nothing lasts forever. It’s a nice way to finish the year, and now our focus turns towards 2014. McLaren is an incredibly strong and powerful organization – and believe me, we’re going to come back strong.<\/p>\n
Sergio P\u00e9rez – 6th:<\/b><\/p>\n
\u00ab What a contrast between today and yesterday, where we were unlucky to lose 5 positions due to a gearbox change, but I think we really made up for it this afternoon. I was hoping for heavier rain at the end of the race, so I could have an opportunity to gain some additional positions. But unfortunately, I had to save fuel in the last laps, which meant I couldn’t attack Nico [Rosberg] as hard as I might have. I’ve learned a lot from everyone at Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, the best team I’ve raced with, and I wish everyone the best for the future. I wish the best to Jenson and Kevin [Editor’s note: Kevin Magnussen, his replacement] as well. I think I’ve grown this year – both as a racing driver and as a man – and I believe I’ll be an even fiercer competitor in the future as a result. \u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jenson Button finished the Brazilian Grand Prix in 4th place, marking his best result of the year and McLaren’s best in 2013. Sergio P\u00e9rez also capped off a strong race for the Woking team by finishing in 6th place after starting from 19th position on the grid!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":40514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[92,634,947],"class_list":["post-16351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-bilan","tag-interlagos","tag-mclaren"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n