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F1: Perez Stuns With Charge From 15th To Third In Canada
Sergio Perez surged in the closing laps for a podium finish in Canada...
Sergio Perez earned the second podium finish of his 2012 season by charging from 15th on the grid to third in Montreal.
Like runner-up Romain Grosjean, he did it on one stop, but unlike the Lotus driver, he started on the soft rather than supersoft tires. He did 41 laps on them, leaving himself with a marathon 29-lap run to the flag on the supersofts. In the closing laps, he was able to get ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso to claim third.
“It was a great race for the whole team,” said Perez. “After such a disappointing qualifying that we had yesterday, with so little pace, as well – we didn’t have the pace we wanted to – so we had to fight in a different way with the strategy, and try to make it work and make it happen with the strategy.
“We didn’t have any reference on the long runs. The long runs we did with the tires; it was 10-15 degrees Celsius less track temperature. So, it was a lottery, basically, but I think the team has done a great job with the stop and the strategy, myself too, keeping the tires alive and being so consistent.
“It’s been a great result for the whole team. We have been so unlucky since Malaysia. We had the pace but for some reason or another we don’t manage to get the result in the end. I think it’s great to come back into the points with another podium.”
Perez expects to be a player for the rest of the season: “The thing is, we long to fight for a podium every race. Today was a very crazy race, as we have had many of this year. But I think we have the potential to do it. This has to be the target, to get the first win this season for our team.”
Adam Cooper notched up his 27th season as a racing journalist in 2011. He has written about F1 for SPEED.com since 2005. Follow him on Twitter.
Like runner-up Romain Grosjean, he did it on one stop, but unlike the Lotus driver, he started on the soft rather than supersoft tires. He did 41 laps on them, leaving himself with a marathon 29-lap run to the flag on the supersofts. In the closing laps, he was able to get ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso to claim third.
“It was a great race for the whole team,” said Perez. “After such a disappointing qualifying that we had yesterday, with so little pace, as well – we didn’t have the pace we wanted to – so we had to fight in a different way with the strategy, and try to make it work and make it happen with the strategy.
“We didn’t have any reference on the long runs. The long runs we did with the tires; it was 10-15 degrees Celsius less track temperature. So, it was a lottery, basically, but I think the team has done a great job with the stop and the strategy, myself too, keeping the tires alive and being so consistent.
“It’s been a great result for the whole team. We have been so unlucky since Malaysia. We had the pace but for some reason or another we don’t manage to get the result in the end. I think it’s great to come back into the points with another podium.”
Perez expects to be a player for the rest of the season: “The thing is, we long to fight for a podium every race. Today was a very crazy race, as we have had many of this year. But I think we have the potential to do it. This has to be the target, to get the first win this season for our team.”
Adam Cooper notched up his 27th season as a racing journalist in 2011. He has written about F1 for SPEED.com since 2005. Follow him on Twitter.
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