When he joined Sauber over the winter, Telmex-backed Sergio Perez was labelled by some as a pay driver. But Perez’s debut performance at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix showed he was anything but. Expert tyre control and some plucky passing manoeuvres saw him finish strongly in seventh. And while a technical infringement on his C30 eventually saw the Mexican (and team mate Kamui Kobayashi) disqualified from the points, Perez’s ambitions haven’t been dimmed and he’s hoping to make an even bigger splash in Sepang this weekend, as he explained exclusively to Formula1.com