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Red Bull took 'grown up' decision to sign Perez

Making a rare move outside its own young driver programme, Christian Horner says Red Bull's decision to sign Sergio Perez was the 'grown up' call. When Sergio Perez lines up on the grid in Bahrain next month, it will be the first time the Austrian team has recruited outside the ranks of its young driver programme since Mark Webber was lured from Williams at the end of 2006 to partner David Coulthard, who had joined from McLaren just two years earlier. The Scot was subsequently replaced by Sebastian Vettel - following a brief stint with BMW-Williams - and since then the Austrian team has never looked beyond the talent pool that is the Helmut Marko-led driver programme. With Alex Albon not...
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