Force India scored seven points in its home race – the British Grand Prix as Esteban Ocon raced to seventh place at Silverstone, while Sergio Perez ended up in P10.
Esteban Ocon
“I’m really happy with the result. Seventh place feels good after such a difficult race. The safety car didn’t make things easy because the tyres were cold at the restarts and it was not easy to keep Fernando [Alonso] and Kevin [Magnussen] behind me in the last few laps. I feel very tired mentally because it was a really big fight until the end. It’s important that we scored more points to add to the good points we picked up in Austria last week. The car is getting better and we are racing well so I have to say ‘thank you’ to the team for all their hard work. We keep pushing and the results are coming.”
MIDFIELD FORM GUIDE: Points scored at the last 5 races
24 Ocon
20 Hulkenberg, Magnussen
12 Grosjean
9 Sainz
8 Alonso
7 Perez
6 Gasly
4 Leclerc
1 Ericsson #F1FastFact #F1 pic.twitter.com/PqyxTYts27— Formula 1 (@F1) July 10, 2018
Sergio Perez
“I cannot be totally happy about that race. The incident at the start compromised my race: I lost the rear end trying to avoid the incidents ahead, spun and suddenly I was at the back of the field. After that, our race was pretty strong. We had good pace and overtook a lot of cars. We made the most of the various safety cars and made it back into the points. With two laps to go, [Pierre] Gasly pushed me off track. I gave him enough space but that was not enough: we still made contact and I lost the place. I believe it was an unfair move. I’m pleased that the FIA took action after the race to penalise Gasly, which gave me back the final point. My focus now is to rest after the triple-header. We will analyse these races and come back strong for Germany.”
Cuando tu carrera inicia así y sabes que lo único que puedes hacer es no darte por vencido!!! ? ••• When your race starts like this and you know the only thing left to do is Never Give UP!!! #BritishGP #Checo11 pic.twitter.com/CdEWiq8lXK
— Sergio Pérez (@SChecoPerez) July 8, 2018
