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BELGIUM — Sergio Perez ran out of points in the Sprint held in the Belgian Grand Prix after starting in eighth position and being retired after sustaining damage from a contact with the seven-time champion, Lewis Hamilton.
The mini race agreed in the Circuit Spa-Francorchamps it was delayed by half an hour due to the rain that appeared minutes before the scheduled time, for which the drivers had to turn six formation laps behind the safety car.
The race had to start with the grid in motion due to the spray on the track which caused vision problems for the drivers.
Sergio Pérez, second in the 2023 Formula 1 championship.Getty Images
As soon as the race started, half of the grid decided to enter the pits to mount intermediate tires, including Checo Perezwho had a quick stoppage of 2.5 seconds.
The Mexican jumped to fourth place with the entry of all the pilots to the pits, so it seemed possible that he would climb to the podium having ahead of him Pierre Gasly.
The man from Guadalajara had the Frenchman half a second away, so he had a chase over the Alpine pilot, while Lewis Hamilton was lying in wait behind him. .
With just four laps of the 11 agreed, the activities were stopped with a safety car because Fernando Alonso was left in the gravel; his Aston Martin was quickly withdrawn and business resumed.
Czech he dueled with Lewis Hamilton on lap six. This led to both having a touch in the Les Combes curve and this caused the Mexican’s car to suffer damage in the car.
Pérez he ended up losing the position to the seven-time world champion. In addition, he accused on the radio that he had no grip on the rear of the RB19 and this became clear when he went off track and went through the gravel, causing him to lose several positions.
Sergio fell drastically on the track until he fell to seventeenth position. All this led to the team calling him to the pits to remove the car, since the Mexican was left out of the fight for the important points.
The team tried to take care of the fireball Checo Perezwho will start the race on Sunday in second position on the grid.
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