Why Sergio Perez Will Be the Driver to Watch at the Canadian GP

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Published: June 4, 2015

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Twelve months ago, Sergio Perez crashed out of Formula One's Canadian Grand Prix on the final lap. His clumsy move to defend fourth place from Felipe Massa's attack sent both men into the wall and out of the race.

The stewards investigated, placed the blame for the collision firmly at Perez's door and gave him a five-place grid penalty for the next race.

Amid the very public war of words that followed—in which both drivers and teams had their say—it was easy to forget that until that single incident on the very last lap, Perez had driven one of his best races of the season.

One-stopping as those around him went for two, Perez had forced his way from 13th on the grid into podium contention. Had his Force India possessed just a 10th or two more pace through the middle sector—and had it not developed braking and electrical problems, later reported by Autosport—he could even have won his first grand prix.

And as we return to Quebec for this year's Canadian Grand Prix, there's every reason to suspect we're in for another top-drawer display from the Mexican in Montreal.



Perez heads into the race on a high after producing his best performance of the season in Monaco. He qualified a brilliant seventh in a car that had little business being anywhere in the top 10, then followed it up with a calm and mature race drive to finish where he started.

That he scored six points in a relatively underdeveloped Force India is alone worthy of praise, but when the safety car came out on Lap 64, Perez was just 17 seconds down on the leading Red Bull.

Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari was little more than 15 seconds up the road from the Mexican. Perhaps different drivers were managing their tyres and pace at varying levels, but to be that close to such quick cars is still a real achievement.

Even Mercedes felt compelled to give him a mention:



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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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