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Racing Point’s Perez could be out of work the next season but was recovering from a first-lap crash in Bahrain that dropped him on his back from the field to get his first win in his 190. Race to earn.
The 30-year-old was helped by a shock Mercedes pit stop tire damage and a late flat tire for substitute star George Russell, who dazzled as a replacement for world champion Lewis Hamilton.
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Perez became the first Mexican Formula 1 winner since Pedro Rodriguez in 1970, finishing a series of races dominated by Mercedes, with Valtteri Bottas finishing eighth and Russell ninth.
« I’m speechless, » said an emotional Perez, who cried for most of his winning lap after taking the flag.
« I hope I am not dreaming. . . It took me ten years and I don’t know what to say.
« After that first lap, the race was over – but I didn’t give up. In the end, my pace was good enough to keep George off. ”
Perez will be released by Racing Point at the end of this season and will be replaced by four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel. The team is renamed Aston Martin.
He currently has no seat for 2021, but he plans to replace Alexander Albon at Red Bull alongside Max Verstappen, who retired on the first lap of a dramatic race alongside Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.
He came home ahead of Renault’s Esteban Ocon, who took his first podium, and Racing Point team-mate Lance Stroll.
« I have no words. I cried on the line, there was so much emotion in me, « said Ocon.
« It’s been a tough season, but we never stopped pushing. When fewer and fewer people believe in you, you have to believe in yourself. ”
Stroll said, « An amazing result for the team – part of me is a little disappointed because I could have won, but it’s a great result and exactly what we needed to be in the championship. « . Carlos Sainz from Ferrari was fourth for McLaren ahead of Daniel Ricciardo in second Renault and Albon.
Daniil Kvyat was seventh ahead of the two « black arrows » for Alpha Tauri. Russell scored at least his first two points in F1 after leading most of the race before the pit stop.
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