The Azerbaijan Grand Prix will be remembered as the race in which Force India turned around their flagging fortunes and scored the kind of result expected of them after a stellar 2017 season.
But the early races were not good for the Pinks, but during the course of the weekend in Baku they found the sweet-spot and Sergio Perez delivered as he tends to in races of high attrition.
The Mexican finished third for the team and reflected on his afternoon:
Fantastic, absolutely brilliant, last time you were on the podium was here.
Sergio Perez: Yeah, two years ago. I think today I did the best two laps of my whole career. The last two laps with Sebastian behind, with cold tyres, it was so difficult. I was on the supersoft tyre. I had to keep a very strong rhythm, trying to keep close to Räikkönen, to make sure that Sebastian didn’t get close enough, and in the end we did a real… I’m speechless.
Sergio Perez: Yeah, two years ago. I think today I did the best two laps of my whole career. The last two laps with Sebastian behind, with cold tyres, it was so difficult. I was on the supersoft tyre. I had to keep a very strong rhythm, trying to keep close to Räikkönen, to make sure that Sebastian didn’t get close enough, and in the end we did a real… I’m speechless.
It’s been a dramatic turnaround by the team over the last month. How confident are you that you can stay where you are going forwards?
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