Sergio Perez on “fair” fight with Fernando Alonso at F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix: “Something a lot of drivers can learn from…”
An exciting fi🐓nal-l♌ap scrap was won by Alonso by a tenth-of-a-second, earning him a podium finish in Brazil behind Max Verstappen and Lando Norris.
Despite being restricted to a last-gasp P4, it was a much-needed p🎉ositive result for the Red Bull driver whose future remains the topic of discussion.
“It was quite an intense battle! We 🌼tried💧 everything,” Perez told Sky about Alonso.
“Unfortunately we didn’t succeed.
“It was well-deserved for Fernando. We had a great fight, very fair, to the limit. This i🎀s something a lot of drivers can learn from!
“The wa💝y we fought today was how it should be done.
“I’m on the wrong▨ side, I ended up losing, bu𝔍t it’s fine because it was a great fight.”
Perez crashed out of 🥃his home race in Mexico after first-lap contacꩵt with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.
And his🍎 Japanese Grand Prix ended early af🦩ter an incident involving Lewis Hamilton.
But in Brazil, P4 was an answer ꦕto critics who suggest he should lose his Red Bull seat in 2024.
“We🍸’🎐ve seen in the past couple of races that the pace has been there, that we’ve been really strong,” he said.
“For some reason, ⭕we haven’t been able to get the final result.
“I just know that it’s a matter of time.”
Aston Martin roared back into contention at the front of the grid, with Alonso on the podium and Lance Stroll fifth, for the first time since𒊎 the early rounds of the year.
“They w🔴ere very fast today,” Perez said. “The✨y were good looking after their tyres.”
James was a sports journal꧅ist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
