“It was said in various publications I apologised to Jenson, but it
wasn’t like that.
“I didn’t apologise to him because I didn’t think it was necessary.
“We owed an apology to the team, and that’s what we talked about. We
apologised to the team because we risked a lot and were both very
aggressive.
“But no, at no moment did I apologise.”
Perez maintains, however, that despite the incidents with Button in Bahrain,
his relationship with the 33-year-old “is still okay”.
(edited by Lucy Kinder)