News Details

Perez says he lacked the pace to fight for podium

Force India driver Sergio Perez made a spectacular start to the Belgian Grand Prix, but a lack of pace meant he had to be content with a fifth place finish. The Mexican driver swept past Valtteri Bottas and a slow-starting Nico Rosberg to move into second at the first corner, and came close to taking the lead from Lewis Hamilton going through Eau Rouge and approaching Les Combes. Perez ran second until his first stop, battling with Daniel Ricciardo and keeping the Red Bull driver at bay, but was not happy with the two soft tyre stints at the start of the race. "We had very high degradation on the soft tyres in the first two stints," he said after the race. "It was a bit...
Full Story »
10y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Daniel Ricciardo: “To win last year was really...

Daniel Ricciardo arrives at Spa Francorchamps in Belgium this weekend on...
10y ago from TheCheckeredFlag....

Daniel Ricciardo: “It’s good to be in the mix”

Daniel Ricciardo set the sixth fastest time during qualifying in Belgium...
10y ago from TheCheckeredFlag....

Ricciardo: Last year was no fluke

Daniel Ricciardo has been unable to replicate his 2014 success this year,...
10y ago from PlanetF1.com

Ricciardo rues power loss in Belgium

– Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo was left to rue a loss of power...
10y ago from GPUpdate.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Nicolo Bulega to replace Marc Marquez for remainder of...

Ducati has confirmed that its WorldSBK rider Nicolo Bulega will replace...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Colton Herta ‘would love to be back’ for another...

Colton Herta still has a desire to compete in next year’s Indianapolis...

Marco Andretti retires from IndyCar after 20 seasons

Marco Andretti announced his retirement from motor racing on Wednesday,...

Mark Miles teases possible non-championship...

IndyCar is largely considered a North American championship, with races...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'They are the only team' - Gary Neville names the only...

Manchester United legend Gary Neville believes Liverpool are the only side...
16h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'One of the best games he has played' - Mikel Arteta...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has hailed the performance of summer addition...
19h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Burnley 0-2 Arsenal: Cruise control

Match report – Player ratings – Arteta's reaction –...
21h ago from Arseblog.com

Report: Arsenal have held positive talks with agents...

Arsenal are hoping to secure a new contract with Bukayo Saka in the coming...
1d ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.