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Perez rues missed chance at pole but ‘great day for the team'

Turkish Grand Prix – Sergio Perez will start P3, directly behind his Racing Point teammate, for Formula 1’s return to Istanbul this weekend. After a bold strategy call from the team, Perez started the final part of qualifying on the intermediate tyres rather than the full wets. The Mexican quickly got the tyres working and put himself onto provisional pole, beating Max Verstappen’s early time.  “In Q1, I had to abort my best lap under yellow flags,” said Perez. “And that almost cost me a place in Q2, especially as others didn’t abort their laps under double waved yellow. But we narrowly made it through. Once we were in Q3, we decided to go for the intermediate tyre...
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