Force India’s Sergio Perez has been pleased by his performance at the Spanish Grand Prix after securing a second successive points-scoring finish in a mostly quiet race.
The Mexican finished in seventh place to claim his and the team’s biggest single points haul in a race this season, the joint-largest alongside a seventh place finish for Nico Hulkenberg in Australia.
The result moves Perez up to 13th in the Drivers’ Championship, with Force India overtaking McLaren and holding a two point lead in seventh place in Constructors’ Championship.
“It was a very good race and I think we managed to get the maximum result we could hope to achieve today,” Perez said.
“We were able to keep some very fast cars behind us and we capitalised on the accident on the first lap [between Hamilton and Rosberg] to bring home a good amount of points.
“I had to fend off Felipe [Massa] in the last three laps: I was on very old tyres and he was closing in on me, but I managed to defend my position.
“This was pretty much the only action I had all afternoon; the rest of my race was quite lonely, which helped me look after the tyres and allowed me to defend in the final few laps. We had a good strategy that helped us leapfrog the Haas and brought us this good result on a track that has never been our strongest.”
