Sergio Perez believes Racing Point’s performance during Formula 1’s Russian Grand Prix proves it is back in contention for overall midfield honours. Racing Point has struggled for pure pace at stages this year, accepting that it was playing catch-up due to its mid-2018 takeover and the approach it had to take at that stage of its existence. It began 2019 with a ‘vanilla’ car but introduced a sequence of upgrades across recent races, culminating in a new front wing at the last event in Singapore. Perez started from 11th position but made gains early on – profiting from the first lap clash involving Romain Grosjean and Daniel Ricciardo – and overhauled...
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