Checo Pérez did not have a good finish at the Brazilian Grand Prix and lost the podium following a bad final strategy; Verstappen did not help the Mexican
The Mexican Checo Perez He lived a Sunday to forget when he finished in seventh position in the Sao Paulo Grand Prix and thus also lose the second position in the drivers’ championship once morest Charles Leclerc.
Checo Perez got off to a good start by catching up with Max Verstappen. The man from Guadalajara left space for his partner and in his maneuver he protected himself in a good way from Lando Norriswho wanted the position of member of Red Bull.
The race was slowed down in emotions just in the first lap due to the touch between Kevin Magnussen y Daniel Ricardo.
The restart of the race helped Czech due to the duel they lived Lewis Hamilton y Max Verstappen, because both touched and in the maneuver Verstappen lost the front wing and fell to the bottom of the grid, while he dropped to eighth position. With this, the Mexican rose to second place and the way was open for him to reach the podium.
The Mexican suffered with the red tires and went from being a time of 1.9 seconds 3.4 behind George Russellso they pitted on lap 24.
The Mexican returned to the track in sixth position and quickly climbed to fourth place. For lap 30, the Mexican recovered second place with the entry of Carlos Sainz y Hamilton a pits.
Despite the second position, the Mexican was not able to get close to Russell, who stayed away from the Guadalajara in 7.4 seconds. The bad weekend for Red Bull was reflected on lap 45 when he was passed by Hamilton without any problem on the main straight.
The loss of time and position led to Checo Perez to enter the pits at hang 48 and start behind Sainz, who was 10.4 seconds behind on the medium tire.
Things changed for everyone on lap 54 with the stoppage on the track of Lando Norris. The virtual safety car became a safety car, so the hopes of the entire front pack for a podium finish were revived.
Checo had to pull off his best maneuvers at the restart on lap 60 to defend his position once morest Sainz, but this only lasted three laps, as on lap 63 he was overtaken by the Spaniard and a lap later Leclerc did the same. This sent Checo to fifth position.
Checo’s bad followingnoon caused him to drop to seventh position and leave his place to Max Verstappenwho tried to climb to fifth place, but failed and despite receiving the team order to return to the Czech place, he did not obey, sentencing his teammate to third place in the championship.
