The Mexican rider was just a few thousandths from getting the first place in the classification of the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. The Aztec finished second ahead of his teammate Max Verstappen
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The Mexican pilot, Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez , put out his face for Red Bull and came very close to getting the Pole Position of the Great Imola Award . The British, Lewis Hamilton He took the honors in the classification and will start in the first position in tomorrow’s race.
After having some mishaps in free practice, the Mexican driver claimed and was very few thousandths of getting the first place in the ranking .
Hamilton will start from pole position in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
Checo Pérez will start in second!
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The Mexican set his best lap in 1: 14. 446
, this time was only +0, 035 thousandths above the Mercedes driver . On the other hand, Max Verstappen achieved third place in the ranking . This result of Red Bull ratifies them in their candidacy to fight for the world championship. Since 2018 the Austrian team did not place its two drivers in the top 3, prior to the race.
It should be noted that it is not the first time that the Mexican driver has achieved this position. ‘Czech’ achieved second place in Azerbaijan’s standings in . However, Azteca was sanctioned for which he had to start a few places further behind the starting line.
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After the competition, ‘ Checo ‘was self-critical with his result . The Mexican driver does not forget the mistakes he made in free practice. “I didn’t expect to be second today (…) yesterday I made a mistake and complicated the team’s weekend , but we have been able to go back and show this progress ”, he emphasized.
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However, Pérez acknowledges that the success of the week depends on the result of the race. In addition, he confessed that tomorrow will apply a different tactic to that of his closest competitors . . “Tomorrow is what matters and anything can happen. We are in a different strategy than Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen . It will be interesing. The important thing will be to score and accumulate knowledge ”, he concluded.
