Sergio Perez and Fernando Alonso stole the show with their scrap for the final Brazil GP podium place.
Sergio Perez says rival Formula 1 drivers should take note and follow after his intense, but “very fair” battle with Fernando Alonso in Brazil.
And Perez would have secured a top-three finish, if it were not for the expert race craft of Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso.Perez would work his way up the order and chased after Alonso in the closing laps, the Aston Martin driver the final obstacle remaining between a return to the podium. And by just five-hundredths of a second, it was Alonso who won out and took to the podium for the first time since the Dutch Grand Prix.F1 driver contracts: What is the current contract status of every driver on the 2023 grid?
“It was quite an intense battle,” Perez told Sky F1. “We tried everything. Unfortunately, we didn’t succeed on that.
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