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By: Drafting
Photo: Mark Thompson / Getty Images
By: Drafting
The Mexican Sergio Checo Pérez was chosen this Sunday as the best Driver of the Portuguese Grand Prix , and thus won his second award in the three races he has contested this season 2021 of Formula 1.
Czech remained on the same tires for 50 laps , which allowed him to place himself in the first position of the race for several minutes.
Your # F1DriverOfTheDay in Portimao… It’s Czech! 🎊 # PortugueseGP 🇵🇹 # F1 pic.twitter.com/JiNzB01 CDQ
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The Red Bull said after the competition that “ It was a bit messy at the beginning of the race, although then I got my place back ”.
“We take positive things with us. Now I feel that I drive the car more freely and I have a good adaptation “, he added Pérez.
The overtaking of Checo Pérez to Lando Norris for the fourth position
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It is the second time that Pérez is voted the best driver of a career . The first was in Bahrain, in which he started last, due to a technical failure in his car, and finished fourth.
The driver placed sixth in the drivers’ championship, with 22 points, and commented that he lacks to fully get used to his RB 16.