Perez excited about Force India’s performance at Suzuka

Perez excited about Force India’s performance at Suzuka

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Sergio Perez
photo: Sergio Perez

Racing Point Force India scored eight points in the Japanese Grand Prix with Sergio Perez racing to seventh place ahead of Esteban Ocon in ninth.

“We had a good result: the best I could realistically hope to achieve. After a poor qualifying we made up a lot of positions and I feel we really got the maximum from the race. Our pace was strong and the team delivered a great strategy. We knew we had to be aggressive to beat the Haas and we nearly managed to undercut [Romain] Grosjean at the pit-stop, but I lost a bit of time battling with [Charles] Leclerc and I just fell short. At the VSC restart I managed to get really close to Grosjean and when I saw an opportunity I went for it. I am so excited about our performance. We had to push hard and make some good overtakes: it was a fantastic race.”

Sergio PerezPerez excited about Force India’s performance at Suzuka

Ocon pointed out that the team scored good points at the Suzuka Circuit but he was not very happy with his result.

“Our final result was dictated by the penalty (he had a 3-place grid penalty for failing to slow sufficiently under red flags – ed.)”, the Frenchman explained.

“We have shown great speed all weekend – as the fourth quickest team – but if we don’t start higher up it’s difficult to show it in the race. There were some fun moments and I had to make a lot of overtaking moves. When you had fresh tyres there was a big pace advantage and our strategy paid off in the end. I was close to catching Grosjean during the final few laps, but there wasn’t a chance to make a move.”

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