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This is not a tall tale! The Dutch pilot Max Verstappen won the 2024 Chinese Grand PrixMeanwhile he result of Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez It was satisfactory, rising to third place in the race held early this Sunday, April 21, Mexico time.
Lando Norris, of the McLaren team, took second place.
As soon as the traffic lights went out, Max Verstappen kept the top of the grid of pilots; However the start of ‘Checo’ Pérez in the Chinan GP He did not have the best of luck and gave up second place to Fernando Alonso, which indicated a first battle for the Mexican pilot, originally from Guadalajara, Jalisco.
After the first five laps, Fernando Alonso and his Aston Martin car, who have complained about the superiority of Red Bullthey began to lose performance, which It was used by the Mexican Red Bull driver. ‘Checo’ applied an ‘old-fashioned’ rebase, since he did not use DRS, but rather took Alonso by surprise to regain second position.
Behind them, McLaren’s Lando Norrisand Charles Leclerc, the Ferrari driver who also sells ice creamthey held a strategic battle throughout the first turns at the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix.
Both drivers took advantage of a Virtual Safety Car to go through the pits, which allowed them to gain position over Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérezsince Red Bull decided to call its two drivers at the same time to fit hard tires and reach the end of the race held in the Shanghai International Circuit.
When the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix was halfway through the race, the stewards ordered the safety car to be removed and that opened the door for a duel between ‘Checo’ and Leclerc, as happened in the first meters of the 2023 Mexican Grand Prix.
Despite the similarity, this time, the duel was decided in favor of the Mexican driver, who took advantage of the braking at turn six to pass the Monegasque driver.
Result of ‘Checo’ Pérez in the 2024 Chinese GP
After overcoming Leclerc, ‘Checo’ tried to catch up with Lando Norris to fight for second position; However, the Red Bull driver could not get closer and, in the end, had to settle for third position.
At the same time, Leclerc complained that his Ferrari had lost performance compared to the McLaren and the Red Bull, so he had to manage the tires.
From fifth to tenth place there were no such relevant changes in the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix. Carlos Sainz, the Ferrari driver who underwent emergency surgery, he had pressure from George Russell, of the Mercedes team; However, he only went for about three laps because the German team’s car has problems with the race pace.
In the final part of the 2024 Chinese GP, Fernando Alonso provided more spectacle, thanks to an unorthodox tire use strategy. The Asturian pilot even had a battle with Lewis Hamilton, who will change from Mercedes to Ferrari starting with the 2025 Formula 1 season.
What did ‘Checo’ Pérez say about his result in the Chinese GP?
Minutes after getting off RB19, the Red Bull car for the 2024 F1 season, Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez gave his first statements.
“Unfortunately we lost two places during the safety car. When you are fighting so much, the life of the tire falls,” he explained about how that call to the pits cost him second position in the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix.
“We had a bit of problems with the balance, we didn’t read the conditions very well,” added the Mexican. ‘Checo’ acknowledged that “it would have been nice to be 1 and 2″; However, he highlighted that both Red Bull cars got on the podium.
This is how the F1 2024 drivers’ championship goes after the Chinese Grand Prix
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Max Verstappen consolidated his lead in the drivers’ championship. Despite having finished the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix in third position, ‘Checo’ Pérez’s result allows the Mexican to stretch his lead over third place among the best ‘fliers’ in the world.
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