Sergio Perez (Red Bull Racing) admits that he was “lucky” to be back on the podium with a safety car at the end of the race at the F1 British Grand Prix.
Sergio Perez suffered damage to the front wing due to contact with Charles Leclerc and was forced to make a pit stop for replacement on lap 6 and fell to the bottom. The chance to enter the top three was almost overlooked.
Sergio Perez had risen to 4th place by the safety car period, although it was barely built by the three-way offense and defense by the top three. And he replaced it with soft tires like any other front runner, and made some successful moves from there.
Sergio Perez overtook Lewis Hamilton when the race resumed and also captured Charles Leclerc, who stayed out with hard tires. I couldn’t challenge the final winner Carlos Sainz Jr., but given the early pit stop, it must have been a better podium than I had imagined.
“I was unlucky with Charles on the first lap,” Sergio Perez said at a post-race press conference.
“I didn’t have much space for three cars and unfortunately I chose the worst place. The front wing was damaged. It was said that these cars wouldn’t have much of an impact, but for me. Had no front end. “
“I was forced to make a pit stop, and basically I recovered from there every lap until the end.”
“I had the medium tires pretty well and I was lucky at the end of the safety car. I had a good chance to fight for the podium.”
“We were in 4th place when the safety car came out. It was a good chance and it was a spectacular final lap.”
Eventually Sergio Perez created a 2.5-second gap with Lewis Hamilton, who played a breathtaking action between Hamilton and Charles Leclerc, with Fernando Alonso and Lando Norris behind him. Was.
This was reminiscent of Sergio Perez’s battle with Lewis Hamilton in Turkey and Abu Dhabi at the end of last year.
“These final laps were a great fight against Lewis,” added Sergio Perez, who made his 21st F1 podium.
“We haven’t had a good fight in a long time and we were ready to hold him back.”
“To Charles. He was very aggressive, but fair. I’m sure the fans enjoyed it.”
“These laps really reminded us of the junior series we were racing and having a lot of fun with.”
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