Marko incorrectly labelled Perez 'South American' and played into an offensive stereotype that his heritage made him mentally weaker.
Sergio Perez has accepted public and private apologies from Helmut Marko for offensive remarks about his nationality - but Lewis Hamilton reckons his walkback didn't go far enough.
And the F1 star says he's happy now to draw a line under the matter. He said: "I had a private conversation with him, he did apologise and that to me was the main thing. We will move on, and I have a personal relationship with him, and you can always have the feeling, when you see that stuff, knowing the person helps a lot because I know he doesn't mean it that way.
"It didn't sound like that to me, and whatever I say to the media or he says to the media is different to the conversations that we have. We all make mistakes, and what to me was the most important was that I take his personal apology and what happens afterwards in the media or on social media is not in my control. When you read the comments in isolation, they can be very disrespectful, but like I said, having that personal relationship with Helmut helped me to understand him.
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