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Pérez drops sponsor over Twitter comment

– Sergio Pérez says that he will drop one of his personal sponsors, sunglasses brand Hawkers, over a controversial comment it made regarding the US election.Pérez reacted to a tweet from the Hawkers account on Wednesday, which suggested that Mexicans could use its sunglasses to hide teary eyes "in the construction of the wall".Hawkers' message was in reference to President-elect Donald Trump's comments about building a wall at the US/Mexican border, but Pérez quickly moved to criticise its actions."What a bad comment, today I'm ending my relationship with @HawkersMX. I will never let anyone mock my country!" tweeted Pérez, followed by the hashtag...
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