The Mexican Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez He finished in third position in the first sprint race of the 2024 Formula One season, which took place at the Shanghai circuit of the Chinese Grand Prix. Max Verstappen he was the winner.
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So much ‘Checo’ Pérez Like Max Verstappen they started with the same strategy, their RB20s wore used medium tires. The man from Guadalajara started in sixth position.
Lando Norris went off the track in the first moments of the sprint race, a moment that Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Verstappen and Sergio Pérez took advantage of; The Mexican was fourth at that time.
After two laps, Carlos Sainz (with new tires) overtook the Mexican, who was now fifth and Verstappen third. Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso were first and second, respectively.
‘Checo’ Pérez He had Sainz in his sights, but Charles Leclerc was putting pressure on him behind. Meanwhile, Verstappen overtook Fernando Alonso, who lost pace when seven of the 19 laps he had to do had elapsed.
On the ninth lap, Verstappen went after Hamilton and managed to lead the race. The Mexican continued as fifth.
Carlos Sainz tried to defend the position against the push of the Mexican, who got closer and closer.
“There is no traction,” he said. ‘Checo’ Pérez to his engineer. The Mexican received pressure from Charles Leclerc and the Red Bull driver defended his position.
On lap 16, the man from Guadalajara made a great maneuver in the face of the “fight” between Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz to take third position.
On the next lap, a “grab” between the Ferraris. Sainz defended fourth place against the push of Leclerc.
With one lap to go, Verstappen took more than 10 seconds off Lewis Hamilton to secure first place.
Charles Leclerc overtook his teammate to finish fourth, while Sainz finished fifth. Fernando Alonso abandoned.
THE POINTS DISTRIBUTED TO THE CHINA GP SPRINT RACE:
– 1st. Place = 8 points (Max Verstappen).
– 2nd. Place = 7 points (Lewis Hamilton).
– 3rd Place = 6 points (‘Checo’ Pérez).
– 4th. Place = 5 points (Charles Leclerc).
– 5th. Place = 4 points (Carlos Sainz).
– 6th Place = 3 points (Lando Norris).
– 7th Place = 2 points (Oscar Piastri).
– 8vo. Place = 1 point (George Russell).
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2024-04-21 18:53:11