In an interview with BBC Sport today, Force India driver Sergio Perez has admitted he was to blame for his massive crash during the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday.
Perez looked set for a good haul of points as he was running in P8 on lap 23, but he smashed into the wall after losing control of his car on the final corner.
With Nico Hulkenberg also forced to retire earlier in the race following contact with his team-mate Perez, it meant the Force India left Budapest empty-handed. In his interview with BBC Sporttoday, Perez accepted full responsibility for his exit. He stated the following:-
‘I am really sorry for my team they have done some amazing work and points were possible to day. It was going well but I just lost the back end of my car. It was quite a big accident, it was going okay up to that point and it was completely my fault.’
For Perez to admit responsibility for the incident that took place in the race today not only takes courage and but also to admit your mistakes shows a reflection of the driver that he is in my opinion.
I would have to agree with Perez that he is to blame for the accident. Even though it would appear that Perez was having a reasonable race at that point, he lost the car and sadly couldn’t regain control of it. But there is no doubt that once Perez watches the race back alongside looking at the data, he will learn from this and will try to ensure that it doesn’t happen again.
But the main thing is what even though it is Perez who is at fault for the incident; the most important thing is what Perez is okay, didn’t sustain any injuries and walked away from the accident safely. This goes to show just how important the developments made by the FIA over the past decade have been and how driver such as Perez can walk away from accidents like this without seriously harming themselves.
It is a real shame for the Force India team that either Perez or Hulkenberg could score some points today in Hungary, but they have to be happy with how the first half of the season has gone for them and achieving let’s not forget with Perez their second podium in Formula One, but also in a battle with McLaren for fifth in the Constructors.
Question is; can Force India maintain but also improve what they have managed to achieve during the second half of the 2014 season and keep fifth in the Constructors? We can only wait and see what happens in the second half of the season.
