Sainz achieved his second victory in the season – fourth of his career – and reached the finish line followed by the British Lando Norris, from McLaren.
Before the race, Sergio “Checo” Pérez (Red Bull) It unleashed euphoria among the fans. Having already assimilated the obligation to start from the ninth row, the ‘Czech’ promised his people “to give everything to try to finish in the points zone.”
However, Checo did not have the performance he expected since in the race he received a five-second penalty for a false start after the Mexican, who went from 18th to 13th place, lined up beyond the front of the box marked on the grid.
That was just the beginning of a difficult afternoon for Perez, who fought a series of battles to try to make up positions, but finished in 17th place and the last car racing in front of a crowd of 154,142.
The safety car was activated when Yuki Tsunoda of RB and the Thai Alex Albon of Williams collided at the start. He Japanese pilot ejected backwards with its right rear tire bouncing on the track.
