I remember when I first watched Drive to Surivive, season 1, right after it came out. They set it up to make a person really want to root for Ocon and not like Perez so much. I bought that. Perez basically being a paid driver, who was not as good as Ocon.
Now I realize it was just a narrative they wanted to sell. I?ve really come to like Perez. His win last year was so great, when there was no guarantee he would ever be racing in F1 after that year. It?s been fun to watch him this year (the ups and downs). And seeing him race in Mexico with all the fans going nuts for him. It?s great. Perez is very likeable and easy to root for.
Congrats to Perez on his 3rd place today. Had he passed Hamilton, the place would have gone nuts. It?s too bad that passing is so hard in F1. I?m starting to believe that Indy Car is actually a lot more fun and interesting than F1, because in that series the driver actually matters more than the car (to a certain extent).
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