Checo Pérez was fifth in the eventful Australian Grand Prix: “Carrera madness”

The Mexican started from 20th place on the grid at the Australian Grand Prix. (Twitter @SChecoPerez)

Mexican Sergio “Checo” Pérez finished fifth in the eventful Australian Grand Prix (GP) after staging a remarkable comeback of more than 10 places.

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The Red Bull driver had started from 20th place on the grid after his RB19 had several failures during qualifying on April 1 at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne.

And although the competition on the oceanic continent involved the abandonment of eight drivers from five different teams (including Ferrari and Mercedes Benz), the native of Jalisco managed to sneak into the top 5 of the final table and defend his second place in the World Drivers’ Championship. of Fernando Alonso (Williams) – although this also implied distancing himself by 15 points from his teammate and current champion, Max Verstappen.

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Despite this, Pérez was optimistic on his social networks with the result that implied “a good recovery” and “minimization of damage” for the Austrian team, which still leads the Constructors’ Championship.

“What a crazy race! In the end we had a good recovery and managed to minimize the damage from a very frustrating Saturday. Good result for the team at the end”.

The Mexican expressed optimism for the next F1 stop: Baku. (Twitter @SChecoPerez)

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