Checo Pérez spoke about his fourth place in Interlagos and praised Fernando Alonso

The Mexican driver Sergio “Checo” Pérez mentioned this Sunday, after the fourth place he achieved in Interlagos, Brazil, that although he was left without a podium it was a great race and especially the competition he had with the Asturian Fernando Alonso, who in the end He took third position.

Losing the qualification by just 53 tenths, Checo Pérez did not hold any type of grudge and assured that the fight was very even, ensuring that Fernando Alonso had a great race.

“It was a great fight, from start to finish, especially in the last laps. The truth is that Fernando had a great race,” admitted the Red Bull team man from Guadalajara.

He later expressed that there are few drivers with whom one can talk about a healthy and close competition, which in the end results in a healthy competition.

“He is a driver (Alonso) with whom you can fight so evenly. With very few pilots in this category you can do this type of maneuvers,” he explained.

Thanks to his great performance in the Interlagos Sprint, added to the score awarded by fourth place, Checo Pérez reinforced his second place in the World Championship, a place he now occupies with 258 points, 32 more than the seven-time English world champion Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), eighth this Sunday.

“This weekend has been very good, we are in a great moment despite what happened in Mexico (where he left the race on the first lap after a collision with Charles Leclerc (Ferrari). We have to think positively; and the The truth is that second place in the championship is getting closer and closer,” he concluded.