Checo Perez takes the podium in the Chinese Grand Prix sprint race

Sergio Perez continues to score victories in this 2024 Formula 1 season as the Mexican finished on the podium in the Chinese Grand Prix sprint race with a third place finish, as did his Red Bull teammate. Max Verstappen won in first place, followed by Lewis Hamilton.

During this race before the Chinese Grand Prix The Mexican rider put in a strong performance, making a double pass that cleared his way to third place. where he stayed to take third place and add another 3 points in the Drivers’ Championship, where he is second with 64 points.

Based on the results of the sprint race Checo explained how he had the opportunity to overtake two drivers, Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonsoa situation which he took advantage of to rise from fifth to third position.

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“Luckily I managed to get past Carlos and Fernando. We had a lot of degradation because we watched each other very closely. Suddenly I started to feel a lot of pressure from Charles, especially on lap 14.To the point where they came closer than usual and I had the opportunity to overtake both of them,” he said of Formula One.

Now, Checo Perez will have to sort out the classification to know where he will start in the Chinese Grand Prix race. next in this Formula 1 championship.

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