United States.- The first official race was held in the Miami Grand Prix having a fairly close competition in the fight for the first 4 places where Ferrari and Red Bull gave a one-on-one combat during the 57 laps. The Mexican pilot Sergio “Checo” Perez had a more than outstanding performance closing as fourth place while his teammate, Max Verstappen He took first place in the history of the Miami GP.
The Mexican’s race was good from start to finish, always maintaining fourth position, he even had the possibility of reaching third, but the defense of the Spaniard, Carlos Sainz, was very important, which made it very difficult for the pilot of Reb Bull to look for advances. Even Checo Pérez, during a great period of the race, complained to the mechanics about a loss of power, which made him lose seconds against the Ferraris.
At the end of it all he recovered after his first entry to the pits where with the change of tires he found an important breakthrough that led him to be able to approach again. In the final laps there was a Safety Car which forced the departure of Lando Norris and the Mexican took the opportunity to change tires again, having a great advantage over the rest, but even with this he could not do anything else. He had one last chance a couple of laps from the finish but couldn’t control the car and skidded, which Sainz took advantage of to take the lead once again.
After finishing the Mexican accepted that it took him a while to catch up with his rival, he revealed that not even with the use of the DRS did he get close, in addition to the overheated tires he got close but it was not enough, “Not even with the DRS could I get to Carlos As much as he tried, he pushed in the corners, I overheated the tires, he was close but he couldn’t do anything,” said Checo Pérez.
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With them, Checo Pérez took fourth place, although it was not what he expected, he was satisfied to be able to score points and stay in the top places for the Drivers’ Championship, although both Leclerc and Verstappen began to slip away. We must also remember that Checo himself was not very comfortable with the track and with all that he managed to get fourth place, which helps Red Bull to continue in the fight with Ferrari.
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