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Formula 1
GP2: Perez Takes Sprint Race At Silverstone
Sergio Perez scored a commanding GP2 Series triumph at Silverstone...
Sergio Perez celebrates his win in the GP2 Series sprint race at Silverstone. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Sergio Perez made up for his recent bad luck by dominating Sunday's sprint race in Silverstone, blasting past the front row starters and walking away with the race to finish 15 seconds ahead of Oliver Turvey and Dani Clos.
The Mexican made a sharp getaway when the lights went out to tear past Christian Vietoris, who struggled to get off the line, and slot himself just behind the iSport duo of Turvey and Davide Valsecchi, with Clos and Pastor Maldonado making the most of the Sam Bird-sized gap on the grid (the Briton was out with mechanical gremlins) to also dispatch the German into Turn 1 with Jules Bianchi just behind.
Perez looked fast from the outset, and the seemingly inevitable moves came quickly. He sliced by Valsecchi on lap 3 and took the lead one lap later, and the clean track ahead gave the Mexican the chance to add to his points total with the fastest lap shortly thereafter.
By this stage, Valsecchi was already struggling to hold on as Clos and Maldonado ran close behind for a few laps before driving by the Italian like a train on lap 10. From there, it was a case of waiting to see if the iSport pair could hold on for points, as both drivers spent the rest of the race looking in their mirrors.
After 21 laps it was over with Perez greeted by the checkered flag to take a long overdue second win of the season. The next man across the line was Turvey, with the Briton just holding on against enormous pressure from Clos and Maldonado as the trio was split by just one second. Bianchi was next, in fifth, having saved his tires enough to dispose of Vietoris with four laps to go and Valsecchi two laps later. The Italian just held on for one point and sixth-place.
The win brought Perez back into the championship running as he's now fourth with 30 points, one behind Bianchi and seven off Clos in second. But the trio will need to push hard in Hockenheim to eat into Maldonado’s lead, as the Venezuelan is looking calm out front with 56 points.
The Mexican made a sharp getaway when the lights went out to tear past Christian Vietoris, who struggled to get off the line, and slot himself just behind the iSport duo of Turvey and Davide Valsecchi, with Clos and Pastor Maldonado making the most of the Sam Bird-sized gap on the grid (the Briton was out with mechanical gremlins) to also dispatch the German into Turn 1 with Jules Bianchi just behind.
Perez looked fast from the outset, and the seemingly inevitable moves came quickly. He sliced by Valsecchi on lap 3 and took the lead one lap later, and the clean track ahead gave the Mexican the chance to add to his points total with the fastest lap shortly thereafter.
By this stage, Valsecchi was already struggling to hold on as Clos and Maldonado ran close behind for a few laps before driving by the Italian like a train on lap 10. From there, it was a case of waiting to see if the iSport pair could hold on for points, as both drivers spent the rest of the race looking in their mirrors.
After 21 laps it was over with Perez greeted by the checkered flag to take a long overdue second win of the season. The next man across the line was Turvey, with the Briton just holding on against enormous pressure from Clos and Maldonado as the trio was split by just one second. Bianchi was next, in fifth, having saved his tires enough to dispose of Vietoris with four laps to go and Valsecchi two laps later. The Italian just held on for one point and sixth-place.
The win brought Perez back into the championship running as he's now fourth with 30 points, one behind Bianchi and seven off Clos in second. But the trio will need to push hard in Hockenheim to eat into Maldonado’s lead, as the Venezuelan is looking calm out front with 56 points.
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