GREATEST RACE: Perez on the rollercoaster weekend that helped save his F1 career and take him to Red Bull

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Sergio Perez was just a couple of races away from losing his spot on the F1 grid in 2020 when he pulled off the comeback drive of all comeback drives to bag a maiden Grand Prix victory. In the latest instalment of our new series, Greatest Race, the Mexican relives the Sakhir encounter from start to finish, explaining how much it meant to win for Racing Point and the role it played in him being handed a golden opportunity by Red Bull Racing for the following season…
Perez’s F1 career comes under the spotlight
Perez was stringing together one of his most consistent and impressive F1 campaigns when the paddock arrived in the Middle East for a late-season triple-header split across the Bahrain International Circuit and the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi.
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