Checo Pérez and the controversial maneuvers in the Austrian GP; finished sixth

Checo Pérez lived a difficult day at the Red Bull Ring in Austria

With two penalties and a sixth place he was like the Mexican Sergio Checo Pérez had a bitter celebration in his 200th race, which coincided with the Austrian Grand Prix, where he went from dreaming of a 1-2 for Red Bull to a regular performance.

Checo Pérez’s career at the Red Bull Ring was marked by the incident he lived with the McLaren driver, Lando Norris, who led the man from Guadalajara to the edge of the track, causing him to go through the leca.

Lando Norris and Checo Pérez staged a controversial maneuver that resulted in a sanction for the Briton. Getty

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On lap four Checo Pérez and Norris were involved in a dispute for second place; both drivers fought during four curves for this place and the loser was the Mexican.

After the safety car shown by the incident that Esteban Ocon experienced, the Mexican sought to attack the English, but at turn four the Mexican went off the track, and rejoined in tenth position.

Faced with this situation, the man from Guadalajara damaged his tires and was left in the middle of the peloton that had pilots such as Daniel Ricciardo, Charles Leclerc and Pierre Gasly.

Checo tried to come back after entering the pits, but was in the direct fight for eighth position with the Ferrari driver, Charles Leclerc, who tried to overcome the Guadalajara in the same turn four and in which the Mexican defended his position.

The maneuver forced Leclerc to go through the sand trap and this generated an investigation on lap 42. A single lap later the stewards had no doubts in punish the Mexican with five seconds, time that was added to him at the end of the race.

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The Monegasque tried to fight the position again against Checo five laps later, but in the dispute the Ferrari one went off the track again. This action again generated a new investigation and one more sanction for the Mexican, adding 10 seconds of punishment.

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Sergio set his pace and approached Daniel Ricciardo for the DRS window on lap 52. The Australian touched the grass a bit and lost important tenths, causing Checo to overtake him and reach fifth place.

The 31-year-old achieved his best performance in clean air and began setting his best times as he went from losing three positions to just one. The Red Bull one cut time to Lewis Hamilton, who was marching in fourth.

In the end, Checo was only four seconds behind the seven-time world champion and marked a wide advantage over Daniel Ricciardo, who finally lost the position to Carlos Sainz, who managed to pass Ricciardo on the last lap and be 9.3 seconds behind Checo, who owed the 10-second penalty.

In the end, Checo Pérez finished in sixth position, a bitter place after dreaming of the podium and minimizing the damage.

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