Crash and four pit stops help Perez into points

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Sergio Perez claimed a useful seventh place in the Singapore Grand Prix, but ironically he probably wouldn’t have been in a position to do so had he not collided with Adrian Sutil earlier in the race.

Perez was running 16th and had just made his second pit stop when he tangled with the Sauber driver at turn eight. The contact broke his front wing, but while Perez headed back to the pits for a replacement the Safety Car was deployed so the debris could be cleared.

This was a gift for Perez as the incident had left him a lap down. When the lapped drivers were allowed to rejoin the lead lap he found himself back in the hunt for points and on fresh tyres.

He made little progress once the race resumed but with 16 laps to go Force India decided to switch him onto the super-soft tyre to give him the chance to benefit from any drivers who ran into trouble nursing their soft compounds to the end.

That’s exactly how it played out: Valtteri Bottas held up a queue including Kimi Raikkonen, Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg – and Perez passed the lot of them within the final two laps.

“Those in front of me at the end had big tyre degradation, but this affected me as well,” he said. “When I caught the train ahead I didn’t have much grip either and this made each one of the overtakes a bit more difficult. We managed our tyres perfectly and to go from P15 to P7 was the reward we deserved.”

Deserved it may have been, but it’s doubtful it would have happened at all had he not collided with Sutil.

Another driver Perez might have come up against in his late-race charge was Jenson Button. The McLaren driver was poised to strike at Bottas when his car failed.

“I was cueing things up for the end of the grand prix,” said Button. “I’d been looking after the tyres for the whole stint, and I knew the last five laps were when things were going to get tricky for Valtteri ahead of me.”

“I’d just switched the car into a different mode, and the chase was starting to get quite exciting. Then, a few corners later, the car just died going into the hairpin. Going across the bridge, it just turned off, so I had to stop.”

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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Lewis Hamilton 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Nico Rosberg 2 21 21 21 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 18 17 20
Daniel Ricciardo 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Sebastian Vettel 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Fernando Alonso 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Felipe Massa 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 12 9 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 11 9 8 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Kimi Raikkonen 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 10 9 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8
Valtteri Bottas 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 11 11 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 11 9 9 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 11
Kevin Magnussen 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 7 6 5 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 7 7 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 12 14 13 13 13 13 13 11 11 10 10 10 10 11 10
Daniil Kvyat 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 13 16 15 15 15 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 15 14 14 14 14 13 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 15 17 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
Jenson Button 11 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 5 2 3 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Jean-Eric Vergne 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 9 13 12 11 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 10 11 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 12 14 13 12 12 12 12 12 11 9 9 9 9 9 8 6 6
Nico Hulkenberg 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 15 18 15 14 13 13 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 8 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 9 10 9
Esteban Gutierrez 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 11 10 8 10 10 15 17 19
Sergio Perez 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 12 11 7 7 8 12 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 14 12 12 12 12 12 14 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 15 15 15 14 14 17 16 16 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 12 11 11 11 9 7
Romain Grosjean 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 15 19 16 16 16 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 16 14 13 13 13 13 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 15 15 14 14 14 13 13 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13
Adrian Sutil 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 18 21 21 20 18 17 17 16 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 17 17 17 16 16 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 16
Pastor Maldonado 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 16 14 13 19 18 18 18 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 17 15 15 15 15 15 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 13 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 12 12 12 12 12
Jules Bianchi 19 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 16 14 12 14 14 17 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 16 16 16 15 15 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Kamui Kobayashi 20
Max Chilton 21 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 21 20 20 21 20 19 19 19 19 20 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
Marcus Ericsson 22 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 18 17 17 21 21 20 20 20 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 16 13 14 13 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15

Singapore Grand Prix race chart

The gaps between each driver on every lap. Use the controls below to show/hide different drivers:

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Lewis Hamilton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.619 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.386 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nico Rosberg 16.705 22.349 27.882 32.361 36.095 40.405 45.866 51.043 55.807 61.965 68.998 75.641 80.317
Daniel Ricciardo 4.026 5.124 6.473 7.664 9.105 10.48 11.87 12.74 13.765 14.956 15.739 23.927 36.968 15.568 14.49 13.579 13.781 14.173 14.176 14.689 15.061 15.388 15.981 16.58 17.707 11.396 0 19.182 20.432 20.758 29.675 6.738 4.331 4.314 1.562 1.975 1.302 4.289 7.171 9.133 10.895 13.555 15.965 18.483 20.925 22.755 24.709 25.775 26.999 27.393 28.056 20.195 2.626 3.724 4.866 6.913 8.739 11.112 12.965 14.273
Sebastian Vettel 1.679 1.665 1.686 1.684 2.186 2.359 2.821 3.143 3.819 5.12 6.657 16.131 30.263 8.869 7.703 7.03 7.203 7.328 7.59 7.96 8.646 9.271 9.888 10.658 19.476 31.7 10.695 10.384 11.682 12.138 19.787 5.36 3.182 3.116 0.995 0.895 0.927 3.294 5.844 7.61 9.713 11.58 13.551 15.316 17.369 18.769 20.396 21.157 22.733 24.014 25.276 18.14 0 2.126 3.736 6.169 8.057 10.616 12.105 13.534
Fernando Alonso 3.351 4.303 5.261 6.05 7.002 7.352 8.207 8.789 9.487 10.752 11.799 20.548 33.004 11.735 11.057 10.185 10.479 10.549 10.368 10.338 10.571 10.913 11.093 18.674 34.942 27.02 5.611 4.462 5.255 5.909 17.922 8.861 4.973 5.21 2.719 2.683 1.72 5.902 9.6 11.53 13.782 15.521 17.712 20.099 22.473 24.248 25.962 27.066 28.646 28.925 29.628 21.456 3.582 4.725 5.605 7.518 9.337 11.681 13.513 15.389
Felipe Massa 6.352 7.233 8.468 9.904 11.418 13.128 14.749 16.701 18.362 27.597 47.621 48.531 42.896 23.218 22.428 22.108 22.742 23.447 23.71 24.553 25.966 34.579 53.69 54.261 54.833 47.973 27.732 27.817 30.026 32.026 47.327 18.994 6.503 7.727 3.789 3.386 2.226 6.92 11.13 13.814 16.813 19.829 22.756 25.475 28.605 31.497 34.495 36.748 39.734 41.969 44.781 38.373 21.697 24.064 26.6 29.537 32.696 35.838 38.314 42.161
Kimi Raikkonen 4.928 5.984 7.343 8.788 10.264 11.995 13.571 15.265 16.872 18.923 27.978 48.914 43.334 24.367 23.584 24.488 25.022 25.549 25.893 26.512 27.665 28.83 28.957 29.706 37.4 49.721 29.299 28.759 30.691 32.797 56.368 44.788 12.693 11.985 7.939 7.824 3.952 9.271 14.096 17.218 20.628 24.232 27.532 30.555 34.112 36.988 40.606 43.139 46.946 49.701 53.099 47.7 31.097 34.259 37.739 42.005 45.869 50.173 55.589 60.641
Valtteri Bottas 8.148 9.483 11.155 12.633 14.778 16.621 18.398 20.117 22.16 24.586 33.979 53.904 47.338 27.525 27.252 27.163 28.415 29.387 30.466 31.634 32.653 33.591 42.684 62.327 61.425 53.894 33.242 32.884 34.618 35.544 53.098 25.743 7.525 8.563 4.495 4.484 2.702 7.913 12.511 15.558 18.964 22.28 25.991 28.877 32.391 35.461 39.31 41.919 45.413 48.404 51.752 46.484 30.561 33.802 37.234 41.626 45.382 49.621 55.15 65.065
Kevin Magnussen 9.495 11.51 13.438 15.32 17.685 19.595 21.656 23.548 25.396 27.367 29.301 31.556 34.055 33.556 34.48 34.962 36.221 37.564 39.173 40.988 42.956 44.824 47.014 49.357 51.652 53.17 52.363 51.547 52.886 53.514 78.79 51.224 17.665 13.261 9.035 10.881 5.198 10.139 15.212 18.517 22.255 25.793 29.392 32.74 35.724 46.158 67.959 66.755 67.312 66.116 65.439 56.396 39.174 42.576 44.961 45.944 47.272 51.823 58.294 62.23
Daniil Kvyat 9.969 12.299 14.054 16.077 18.48 20.492 23.046 27.302 30.511 41.558 66.041 67.143 61.089 42.768 44.033 45.123 47.393 49.332 51.226 53.874 57.359 60.504 70.322 91.404 91.177 84.196 64.307 65.666 70.798 80.497 112.542 53.319 21.784 14.956 10.164 11.637 5.971 10.912 16.008 19.718 23.472 28.083 42.194 65.688 65.805 66.739 69.872 73.694 74.765 75.316 76.022 67.757 48.312 48.822 50.172 53.564 57.392 62.066 66.396 72.008
Jenson Button 7.157 8.669 9.906 11.309 13.445 14.963 16.422 18.241 20.116 22.167 23.961 26.171 21.56 11.462 31.233 31.065 32.712 34.347 36.156 37.622 39.315 41.08 42.798 44.154 45.569 40.056 21.867 23.674 27.469 30.631 53.348 40.731 11.568 10.385 6.339 6.338 3.424 8.556 13.39 16.491 19.854 22.931 26.876 29.681 33.157 36.192 39.986 42.549 46.16 49.082 52.441 47.062
Jean-Eric Vergne 10.434 12.922 14.735 16.712 19.246 21.322 23.34 25.544 27.514 30.066 39.337 59.953 52.34 33.143 33.115 32.921 33.834 35.18 37.019 38.785 41.172 43.559 45.588 54.801 80.343 71.97 51.226 50.237 51.686 52.502 76.834 45.867 16.212 12.682 8.574 9.647 4.668 9.68 14.733 17.89 21.367 25.211 28.537 38.592 59.661 59.639 59.849 58.943 59.217 59.068 60.38 53.514 36.911 36.914 38.83 42.794 46.768 50.499 51.611 51.801
Nico Hulkenberg 11.113 14.046 16.177 18.409 21.083 23.274 25.68 29.08 39.616 60.911 60.871 61.292 55.335 35.481 36.864 37.591 39.379 40.735 42.274 44.466 46.542 48.97 51.607 53.957 64.993 77.206 56.444 56.603 58.471 59.747 93.077 74.776 27.15 15.55 10.89 12.413 6.43 11.416 16.746 20.366 24.173 28.714 32.594 34.701 37.551 40.84 43.84 45.954 48.583 50.741 53.948 48.593 32.213 35.112 38.46 42.496 46.354 51.308 56.987 61.661
Esteban Gutierrez 11.94 14.798 17.209 19.994 23.204 25.541 28.581 31.611 34.742 38.619 42.57 48.418 47.218 33.073 48.778 79.597 95.645
Sergio Perez 12.578 15.413 17.932 20.609 23.927 26.649 29.495 32.509 35.506 39.22 43.153 46.263 42.57 27.337 37.716 59.58 62.338 63.829 66.211 68.683 71.887 75.425 79.013 81.654 84.074 80.237 62.415 64.335 76.561 124.869 192.205 167.139 162.336 134.705 83.879 41.609 8.752 16.474 21.06 24.053 27.716 31.795 36.202 47.521 68.008 67.956 70.362 72.559 72.772 72.115 71.968 63.153 43.938 44.405 48.504 50.936 51.16 52.637 56.156 59.038
Romain Grosjean 13.061 15.938 18.558 20.946 24.547 27.208 30.138 33.091 36.195 46.637 69.197 71.44 65.418 45.68 47.641 48.803 50.723 52.626 54.457 56.298 58.391 68.56 88.67 89.086 89.212 82.348 62.765 64.747 69.952 84.053 128.95 75.781 29.696 16.893 12.765 13.514 6.838 14.881 19.602 22.471 26.848 30.587 35.663 39.666 42.662 45.429 48.842 51.027 54.149 56.328 59.94 55.303 40.435 43.594 48.677 52.732 56.742 60.456 63.347 68.029
Adrian Sutil 13.423 16.799 19.956 22.534 25.607 28.592 32.684 45.522 66.863 67.524 70.38 76.207 72.388 53.416 54.309 56.13 58.775 61.076 63.509 66.746 70.264 73.492 76.88 88.443 111.339 105.61 87.927 91.71 96.097 114.501 150.162 104.296 60.664 20.775 13.918 14.771 7.201 11.8 17.162 28.127
Pastor Maldonado 13.782 17.248 20.573 23.23 26.279 29.371 32.788 35.67 40.616 43.679 53.744 76.76 72.728 54.063 55.089 56.675 59.362 61.831 64.089 67.248 70.908 74.44 85.446 105.538 107.29 99.913 79.945 80.748 83.012 101.46 153.258 105.042 61.736 21.283 15.133 15.693 7.704 13.162 18.003 21.595 26.165 29.871 35.412 38.497 41.228 44.541 47.65 49.745 52.603 54.732 58.823 52.705 38.867 41.957 47.046 52.186 55.43 59.105 62.485 66.915
Jules Bianchi 14.76 19.252 22.959 26.473 31.143 35.182 39.051 43.082 46.965 51.245 55.119 59.745 58.188 42.479 54.74 79.652 82.862 86.396 89.491 92.888 95.832 98.812 101.62 104.526 108.87 104.549 87.286 92.983 98.969 125.803 189.742 166.111 161.61 133.934 82.941 40.362 8.224 15.934 23.285 28.546 33.378 38.308 43.668 48.261 60.755 84.29 86.062 87.999 90.631 91.986 94.29 87.649 70.27 72.652 76.052 79.769 83.535 88.303 91.172 94.543
Kamui Kobayashi
Max Chilton 15.981 22.046 27.382 32.884 38.81 43.738 49.249 54.287 59.134 64.997 72.304 79.143 77.764 62.871 68.612 82.667 108.018 125.395 160.44 164.44 168.798 173.82 179.969 184.83 189.128 189.674 174.968 179.506 191.177 245.103 241.416 185.924 174.577 156.398 109.419 69.87 30.027 36.987 45.018 51.514 67.477 94.367 96.709 100.255 103.984 107.737 112.004 116.512 120.762 123.171 126.109 121.408 105.819 108.804 111.745 118.26 122.487 131.156 135.476
Marcus Ericsson 15.375 20.522 25.737 30.371 35.597 40.007 45.469 50.5 55.393 60.677 68.586 82.75 99.754 80.757 83.164 86.378 90.226 93.867 97.712 102.122 106.293 110.626 116.362 120.549 124.699 121.956 105.71 109.933 118.967 156.849 205.355 170.943 167.443 141.585 94.287 55.925 15.885 21.07 26.729 32.301 37.566 42.319 46.935 51.629 56.837 62.39 67.721 75.258 80.737 84.78 89.044 84.042 68.532 72.062 75.456 79.365 82.786 86.684 90.104 94.188

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43 comments on “Crash and four pit stops help Perez into points”

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    dragoll (@dragoll)
    22nd September 2014, 10:15

    Its bizarre to think that Perez’s incident that brought out the SC actually helped him attain a better result in the end. Don’t get me wrong and think that I think he did it deliberately, it just seems like things like that shouldn’t be able to happen. While it was Perez’s gain, I think it was the loss of the others who tried to hang out for too long.
    While Hamilton was one of the few that took a very aggressive approach. Despite the fact that Hamilton had a very good car/package, anyone else could have ran the same strategy and done better. Alonso for sure, and I expect even RIC, despite his power issues could have done better than their 4th and 3rd places respectively, even if they couldn’t open the gap like Hamilton did before the pitstop, would have found it easy carving through the pack of “fragile tyre runners” at the end.
    However, its possibly a case of, its easier in hindsight, however, I see Alonso is defending Ferrari and said did they picked the best strategy.

    1. Mr win or lose
      22nd September 2014, 10:43

      I believe in the 2011 race the laptime difference between the leaders (on fresh tyres) and the cars fighting for the last points (on onld tyres), who were going to be lapped, was a staggering 8 seconds. So the strategy employed by Vergne en Pérez was likely to be successful, although admittedly, last year Mercedes lost some places because of such strategy.

  2. Rod Salazar
    22nd September 2014, 14:37

    So what? Your approach sounds like Perez has cheat the results. Sound even like he has turned off Button’s car or dig on to the tires of his rivals.

    I don’t understand why the media is so afraid to recognize a good driver and try to diminish his merits. Is because he is not European?

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      George (@george)
      22nd September 2014, 18:14

      Yeah, the crash wasn’t his fault this time. I think the article is pointing more at the safety car rules than at Perez though.

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      Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
      22nd September 2014, 18:27

      So what? Your approach sounds like Perez has cheat the results. Sound even like he has turned off Button’s car or dig on to the tires of his rivals.

      What preposterous exaggeration. I never came close to saying anything of the sort.

      I don’t understand why the media is so afraid to recognise a good driver and try to diminish his merits. Is because he is not European?

      As with any driver I try to praise Perez when he’s done well and criticise him when I think he’s done poorly.

      I haven’t done either above, I merely pointed out he got a bit lucky and that fortune was ironically rooted in a collision he had with another driver.

      The lengths you’ve gone to find a crude nationalistic explanation for my point of view is hilarious to someone like myself who doesn’t care about that in the slightest.

      1. Joe
        22nd September 2014, 23:54

        Dude you can’t really be serious here, you guys do that all the time (Diminishing SP) Had Hulk gotten this result it would’ve been written entirely different even under the same circumstances, what I find extremely cool tho is there is people that CAN see that. I started commenting due to articles like this, It is true that there were certain aids to his race (SC, dying tyres) but SP managed some great moves out there, like that double overtake before the Sutil incident or how he managed to recover from 17th. SP is not the favorite driver of UK we all know that but not being able to admit it is just nonsense.

        1. Rod Salazar
          24th September 2014, 6:00

          I couldn’t say it better Joe. Thanks

      2. Rod Salazar
        24th September 2014, 5:58

        Is good to know. Let’s see it on your writtings, not on your explanations.

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      Strontium (@strontium)
      22nd September 2014, 23:03

      I’m with @keithcollantine on this one, I simply can’t see anything against Perez.

      To be honest I do think there is always some luck involved in what happens with the safety car and this could have played out into anyone’s hands, it just so happened to be Perez this time.

      I still don’t get why they let Sutil off. If it were up to me it would have been a drive through and 2 penalty points.

      1. Arm
        23rd September 2014, 4:44

        Perez put emotion into f1 again. That will be value at his time. He is someone always looking for a space to advance. He has done a great job, and he have the benefits that cameras, like to follow his drive through the race, that is a very, very good reward.

    4. John Melendez
      22nd September 2014, 23:25

      @RodSalazar, I agree with you, the mexican kid did a superb job overtaking Biachi, Kvyat and Ericsson in a double move with worn softs, and then GRO-MAL-HUL-MAG-RAI-BOT in the final 8 laps with used supersofts, he did a fine job recovering from an accident and all he gets from the british media is “he got lucky, everything was is fault and he hurt other teams with his deliberate accident”, but when Hamilton wins a procession with a car 2 seconds faster than the rest “he did an amazing and incredible job” come on, Sergio is always trying his best to bring spectacle to sometimes dull races, this media situation was pointed out by the Antena 3 spanish reporter Nira Juanco in her twitter account @njuancof1.

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        Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
        22nd September 2014, 23:28

        he got lucky, everything was is fault and he hurt other teams with his deliberate accident

        Again, complete rubbish which isn’t within spitting distance of what I actually wrote.

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          Juan Melendez (@juanmelendezr1)
          23rd September 2014, 1:59

          You know in a second read to your article I realize that it is fair, it just lacks to mention that to claim the 7th position Sergio had to overcome a Gap of more than 60 seconds in 16 laps, something similar of what Hamilton did but with the inconvenience of overtaking 9 drivers, I guess for me the problem was that the headline of the article is a little harsh with Perez and apparently influenced the reading of it.
          I clearly overreacted in my previous post. and I apologize.

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            Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
            23rd September 2014, 8:10

            @juanmelendezr1 Thank you, I really appreciate you taking the time to look at it again and reconsider your view.

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            Patrickl (@patrickl)
            23rd September 2014, 19:01

            What 60 seconds did he need to make up? After the safety car he was only 6 seconds behind Bottas.

            The strategy was what helped him and Vergne go past their opponents. Bottas holding the whole train of cars up made it even easier to pick the whole lot off in quick succession.

      2. Rod Salazar
        24th September 2014, 6:06

        Thanks Juan. It’s so obvious, you wonder: Where was the British chivalry?

  3. Robert Kanda
    22nd September 2014, 23:20

    One of the goals in racing is not crashing and do as less pit-stops as possible. So, I don’t understand how you can say that a crash and four pit-stops (more than anyone else) can help Perez get into the points. Wouldn’t it be that fine driving and a good strategy (available also to the rest of the teams) helped them turn around a bad situation? This article seems biased.

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      Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
      22nd September 2014, 23:26

      I’ve already responded to the rest in the article but I just wanted to refer to this:

      One of the goals in racing is… do as [few] pit-stops as possible

      No it isn’t.

  4. Robert Kanda
    22nd September 2014, 23:34

    Can’t find the answers to the comment in the article

  5. macrob
    23rd September 2014, 0:13

    Yeah sure Keith, Perez’s result was rather circumstancial, FI’s strategy and the driver’s skills (for sure always less amazing than “the hulk”, no mather what Perez achieves…) did not standed out, the mexican is such an overrated driver… Perez will need to win a GP in reverse gear to get some recognition here (and of course that will happen only because “the hulk” was not favoured…). Well done!

    1. Rod Salazar
      24th September 2014, 6:10

      Wow! I really enjoy your comment. I read it several times and I laughed every time.

  6. Ricardo Salazar
    23rd September 2014, 2:49

    As a Mexican national, I’m always rooting for Perez. However, it really blows my mind when people try to play the ‘discrimination card’.
    As I read the article, Keith is simply stating facts: (1) The crash left Perez a lap down; (2) thanks to the SC he was able to rejoin the lead lap; (3) this allowed for a four-stop strategy (credit to the team); and (4) Checo was able to overtake other drivers and finish seventh (credit to Perez).
    Keith’s analysis is: had the SC not been deployed, Checo would have stayed a lap down.
    I don’t know why Rod and John are getting all bent out of shape.

    1. Luis Rodrigues
      23rd September 2014, 9:36

      People here argue with each other even when they agree with each other. If you look at the coments below most of the articles, you will see very often that by the second or third post, the readers are already barking at each others intelects…
      nothing new here.

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    Moises Omar (@foxmoy6)
    23rd September 2014, 9:45

    Sergio Pérez Fantastic Overtakes | Singapore 2014

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alORXdPC4LM

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      lucho19 (@lucho19)
      24th September 2014, 0:10

      Great! That was I was looking for. Thanks for sharing.

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    Moises Omar (@foxmoy6)
    23rd September 2014, 9:57

    Keith Collantine:
    This article you wrote is one of the most stupid things I’ve ever read, and from what I see, you’re a damn racist.
    By the way, you should quit writing.

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      Jorge Garcia (@nikopol)
      23rd September 2014, 23:07

      Moises, turn down the way u wrote: i dont think that Keith be a racist. Just the tone and the moment of the article he wrote was not right. The way u wrote looks like ur a narrow-minded.

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      lucho19 (@lucho19)
      24th September 2014, 0:08

      Hey Gueyes,(dudes in spanish) Take it easy on Keith !… I kind of did not like the article but…playing the racist card is not fair to him and just wrong. He is doing a fantastic job writing and putting this F1Fanatic place together so if you do not like it…you know what to do.

      Now…regarding the “gift”…there is not such thing…this is F1..extremely competitive sport.
      It is called Opportunity.
      I just love when Sergio or HAM or RIC, ALO or any driver are in the aggressive (but fair) driving mode. Those last two laps were unbelievable.

      Have a great day everybody!

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        lucho19 (@lucho19)
        24th September 2014, 0:12

        By the way, I respect Keith’s opinion a lot.

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    dragoll (@dragoll)
    23rd September 2014, 10:26

    I’m stunned and appalled at the comments to this post… @keithcollantine I think you did a fantastic job of being objective.
    As for the rest of the insane biased PR favoured comments, I shake my head… F1F is a site that Keith takes very seriously, and is very careful to remain objective, I would implore everyone to show a little more respect.

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    Formula Indonesia (@)
    23rd September 2014, 11:44

    i think @keithcollantine analysis is perfect, Perez was behind Hulkenberg before he caused the safety car, and then with strategy advantage he came ahead of his teammate and finished 7th, had he not caused safety car, he will be behind Hulkenberg and outside the points, sure it was not his mistake, but it really benefits him. His race was average but a gift that made him look impressive

    1. Rod Salazar
      24th September 2014, 15:53

      Perez did not cause the safety car, if you analyze the footage, there was a race incident between him, and Sutil as Perez was going for an overtake Sutil shut the gap and drove Perez twords the wall. Perez, preffered not to slam himself onto the wall and let Sutil do his move, causing Perez the loss of his front wing. The debree left by the Saubers front wing caused a safety car. I do believe there should have been a penalty for the over-agressive way in which Sutil defended his position, but there was’nt, so sticking to what actually happened, I think Perez did a great job in recovering so many positions, and I do believe tehre was a good share of fine driving, and a good strategy, and not luck, and of course not a deliberate crash!

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        Formula Indonesia (@)
        25th September 2014, 12:07

        am I say its deliberate???

  11. Joe
    23rd September 2014, 19:12

    LOL I hope u mean SP “caused” the SC as in he was involved in the incident because it wasn’t his fault at all, Sutil was not racing clean there kindda like the last lap attempt on Kimi, SP was trying to overtake but Kimi didn’t leave any space… But anyway.
    Nobody is saying that Keth here is not stating facts, it the article is clearly factual, but what ppl can realize is that there is a notorious difference between the way some press handles those facts when it comes to Pérez and any other driver.

  12. hemzshaw
    23rd September 2014, 20:05

    I guess a bit of angst between those who commented was the repeated mention of his luck, and little or no mention of his race and effort.

    Sergio Perez claimed a useful seventh place in the Singapore Grand Prix, but ironically he probably wouldn’t have been in a position to do so had he not collided with Adrian Sutil earlier in the race.

    Deserved it may have been, but it’s doubtful it would have happened at all had he not collided with Sutil.

    The title didnt help either…

    Crash and four pit stops help Perez into points

    Keith could have used a better tone here, while I do not question his contribution to this site or nationalist or continentalist mentality others are pointing out. I am not a Perez fan, but I do not despise him either. It is not a matter to be rather furious as well.

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    Moises Omar (@foxmoy6)
    23rd September 2014, 22:35

    –
    Force India F1 boss hails team’s courage in the Singapore GP

    http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/116003

  14. Adrian
    24th September 2014, 2:41

    The author gave more credit to the SC and the 4 pit strategy than to SP fantastic drive. Clearly biased against him. Buuuuuuu!

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      Moises Omar (@foxmoy6)
      24th September 2014, 11:51

      another version

      Gewagtes Strategie-Experiment
      http://www.motorsport-magazin.com/formel1/news-200810-force-india-fernley-feiert-unerhoerten-mut/

  15. Rod Salazar
    24th September 2014, 6:33

    I have not tried to use the card of “Racism” but if I see with disappointment, that SP achievement (eat 9 drivers in 5 laps) is not recognized at.
    Vergne was applauded for his 6th position, even he took advantage cutting twice the track, and he has just a 5 sec penalty (badly named “Stop & GO”, because the “Stop” part has been dismissed).

    I think the British press does not want to recognize the achievements of SP because they feel that by doing so, will betray McLaren folks (who treated so badly SP on 2013) even if in doing so (holding their applause), they are betraying the truth. Or at least, hiding it from their sight.

    But the truth is that Ron Dennis should be eating the soles of his shoes, as was with Alonso.

  16. Joe
    24th September 2014, 7:38

    Me neither, not calling Keith a racist nor am I feeling furious, but there are some things that just “are”. This is one of those: There is a lot of press that just avoids talking about SP, press that never liked him from the start, it’s not like the world is gonna end over this anyway but it’s not going away just by not accepting it either. Truth is IMO this article and many other go over the line “lets talk about anything else but skill from SP”.
    @Rod. Man this is a long shot but u happen to be Erufen by any chance?

    1. Rod Salazar
      24th September 2014, 15:20

      I agree with you Joe. And by the way, Erufen Rito (Raconmario) is my son. Small world, isn’t?

      1. Joe
        24th September 2014, 20:55

        Isn’t it indeed? Well, pleased to meet you sir, my regards to Rod please tell him Larry says hi.

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    Naza (@naza)
    25th September 2014, 13:05

    we all well know that, the brits for some reason (not racism off course) doesn’t give a chance to Checo.
    They just don’t like him, that’s their problem SP is amazing!

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