“All credit to Checo” Those were the words of Christian Horner, the boss of the Red Bull team.
the mexican pilot Sergio “Checo” Perez He finished second in the Australian Grand Prix, a situation that allowed him to climb to the podium at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne.
“He lost again because of the Safety Car and he was unlucky. Then he came back from behind, with a big overtake on Hamilton on the outside. Then he passed Russell again,” Horner said after the third race of the Formula 1 world championship.
Later, on his Instagram account, Horner regretted that Max Verstappen had not scored points in this race, but recognized that those made by Pérez will be of great help to the Austrian team.
Red Bull is in third place in the constructors’ championship with 55 points, behind Mercedes (65) and the leader Ferrari, who has a great campaign with 104 units.
This is how “Checo” Pérez won second place in Australia
The Mexican driver came in second place at the Australian Grand Prix, after a bumpy race and full of dropouts from the first laps.
Another excellent drive from @SChecoPerez makes this his 16th podium finish in Formula 1! ???? #AusGP # F1 @redbullracing pic.twitter.com/v4brSaaNdv
— Formula 1 (@F1) April 10, 2022
“Checo” started this Grand Prix from position three but at the start he fell to fourth, overtaken by Lewis Hamilton.
Later, the man from Guadalajara, on lap 10, He overtook the British Mercedes.
In race 21, “Checo” entered the pits and left there in ninth position, but little by little he was taking up places.
It was until lap 39 when the Jalisco-born climbed to second place after the abandonment of Max Verstappen, who when getting off his car, realized that there was fire.
At the end, Pérez and his Red Bull beat the Mercedes especially Lewis Hamilton’s (on a couple of occasions) and it was enough for him to be on the podium at the Albert Park Circuit.
The first place, from the classification, went to Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) and George Russell (Mercedes) finished third.
(With information from El Universal and AP)