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Sergio PEREZ: “I am happy with STAPNIČK, but we lost MAX”

Sergio Perez managed to win the podium in the third race of the Australian GP season. Partly due to the resignation of Max Verstappn, the Mexican managed to cross the finish line as the second, but with a big lag behind Leclerc.

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The driver of team Red Bull he passed the excellent qualifiers yesterday as he finished third starting point. In today's race, he fought, among other things George Russell for the podium and win this battle. His teammate later resigned Max Verstappen and Perez advanced to second place.

Perez it was with feeling pleasure looked back at the race. “The start was a bit tricky and then Lewis overtook me. He had a very good entrance in the first turn, but then it was about catching him and a safety car appeared. My first stint was bad. We then lost two seats on the hard mix with the safety car, which we later regained," so Perez.

At the same time, he sympathized with Max. "That’s a good result, but we lost Max. It would be nice to have double podiums, but we had a lot of luck in the first three races,He added Perez, who enjoyed the duel with Hamilton. "It’s always a lot of fun with Lewis. Very tough racer, but also very honest."     

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