Sergio Perez sets his fastest lap in the first practice session with super soft tires
Sergio Perez set his fastest lap in the first practice session with super soft tires, a decision that gave him a great time and placed him fourth in the morning records; however, not the entire session was as positive.
A setback in the second session for Sergio Perez
After the great reaction of the audience attending the Mexican Grand Prix following his position obtained, he had problems in the second session, where he used the medium compound and fell back to 15th place.
A mistake in turn eleven affected them
An error in turn eleven affected them; "a part of the floor broke that we couldn't fix, but in the measurements it seems that we're not losing as much as we thought," explained Perez.
Weather and tire choices for the race
The temperature in the eastern part of Mexico City has remained below 15 degrees Celsius and there is a 50 percent chance of rain for Sunday, but the Force India team is confident that the two tires they tested on Friday will be the ones they use.
"We focused on understanding the soft and medium compounds for the race, those are the ones we are going to be using the most. The super soft is good for one lap, but it has a lot of degradation," added Perez.
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Sergio Perez handling the pressure at home
The Mexican is handling the pressure at home, with long press sessions and hundreds of fans approaching him for photos or autographs, so he valued Friday's session, where more than 90,000 people were present in the stands.
Confidence for the remaining races
The confidence from the last seven races, where he has scored points, makes him think that "we have to be within the top 10, no doubt about it, I have a lot of confidence that we can achieve it. I'm concerned because we couldn't find the problem today, but I trust in my team," he added.
Analysis and tasks for Sergio Perez
Perez Garibay has a lot of work to do with his engineers, after the difference in practices; "we must not make the mistake of raising the car wash because it can break the wing or damage important parts. We have a problem with the car that we haven't detected. We are analyzing with the engineers what happened in the second practice. The difference with Nico (Hülkenberg) was one second and it was quite big," he concluded.