After getting two consecutive podiums, the Mexican rider was half a second short to move to third place in the Styrian GP, Valtteri Bottas
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Monday, November 18
Checo Pérez close to the podium: he finished fourth in the Styrian GP
Sergio Checo Pérez had another great race at the Styrian GP, in Austria, at finish fourth just half a second away from taking third place , which was obtained by Valtteri Bottas de Mercedes.
The reason he could not get on the podium is due to a bad pit stop , where the Mexican driver lost valuable seconds to get his third consecutive podium .
Despite being at 20 Bottas seconds in the last 15 turns, Checo Pérez tried to make a comeback to sneak onto the podium did not reached this time, so he had to settle for fourth place in Austria.
Verstappen strengthened the lead
The Mexican’s teammate, Max Verstappen, reinforced his leadership after getting his second consecutive victory . In total, for the Red Bull Racing team, they have five victories ( one of them from tapatío ) against three of his greatest rival, Mercedes.
Verstappen, from 23 years, which came out from the “Pole”, he achieved his d fourteenth win in F1 , the fourth of the year, ahead of Hamilton -which now leads in 18 points (156 versus 138) – and from the Finnish Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes )
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