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By: EFE
Friday, November 22
'Checo' Pérez: I gave everything, each overtaking was going to the limit, with risks
The Mexican Sergio Pérez (Red Bull), who finished eighth after starring in the great comeback of the day in the Netherlands, declared in Zandvoort, where he had started from the ‘pit lane’, that he gave “everything”, and that in “each overtaking he was going to the limit” in a race in which he assumed “many risks”.
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31 NOR # DutchGP 🇳🇱 # F1 pic.twitter.com/ECRX2ZHtMm– Formula 1 (@ F1) September 5, 2021
“ I gave it my all, each of the overtaking was to the limit and I had to run many risks “, stated ‘Checo’, born 31 years in Guadalajara (Jalisco) and what is fifth in the World Cup , now with 108 points.
Czech was chosen as the driver of the day after a great performance in the Netherlands.
From pit lane start to P8 finish – you have voted @ SChecoPerez as Driver Of The Day at Zandvoort ! 🏆 # DutchGP 🇳🇱 # F1 pic.twitter.com/WOlzttbNr8
– Formula 1 (@ F1) September 5, 2021
“Today the main objective was all damage limitation, since I started from the ‘pit lane’ after receiving the penalty for the change of motor ”, explained the brave driver from Guadalajara, who by winning this year in Azerbaijan achieved his second victory since driving in F1.
“ It was a bit embarrassing at the end when ( English) Lando (Norris, from McLaren) and I touched, had a lot of damage on the right side of the car “, he explained.
In the closing stages at Zandvoort on Sunday, contact between @ LandoNorris and @ SChecoPerez 👀💥 # DutchGP 🇳🇱 # F1 pic .twitter.com / QZU8VoHHYY
– Formula 1 (@ F1) September 5, 2021
“I think That was indecent on his part, since he did not give me enough space and I do not think he could see me, “said ‘Checo’, who next year will continue to form a partnership at Red Bull with the Dutchman Max Verstappen, who, by winning this Sunday the Grand Prix of his country, regained the leadership of the World Cup, with 224, 5 points, three more than England’s Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), who finished second at Zandvoort.
“ From now on, we must look ahead and try to come back with force in Monza “, concluded Pérez , who will return to the ring at the Italian Grand Prix, next weekend, at the aforementioned Lombard track.