His new teammate Sergio Perez scored his first points for McLaren as he came home ninth ahead of Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne.

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Others, like Sergio Perez, have watched videos and walked it this morning.

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Schumacher had been linked with a switch to Sauber to replace the outgoing Sergio Perez, who will take Hamilton's seat at British team McLaren.

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Raikkonen's second place sealed his 20th consecutive finish in Formula One -- although that statistic had looked in danger following a coming together with McLaren's Sergio Perez.

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Massa was happy to finish sixth, ahead of Vettel and Button but behind Red Bull's Mark Webber, fourth-placed Sergio Perez of McLaren and third-placed Romain Grosjean of Lotus.

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Those two moved up a place, as did ninth-fastest Sergio Perez -- whose senior McLaren teammate Jenson Button missed the third session and will start the race in 14th.

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Hamilton's replacement at McLaren will be Sergio Perez.

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Jenson Button's miserable weekend looked set to continue as he drifted from 14th to 17th, although he salvaged some pride with a credible eighth-place finish, holding off a late surge from teammate Sergio Perez to finish behind Paul di Resta.

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The president of the Italian manufacturer, Luca di Montezemolo, recently threw a doppio espresso over rumors that Sauber's Sergio Perez would step into Massa's seat this season by saying that you needed much more experience than the young Mexican has in order to pilot one of the famous red cars.

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