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Safety car cost "strong chance" of Eifel GP podium - Perez

Sergio Perez is convinced he would have passed Daniel Ricciardo for his first podium since 2018 if not for the late safety car interruption at the Eifel Grand Prix. Running fourth and on 15 lap fresher tyres than Ricciardo, Perez was closing in on the back of the Australian's Renault and a potential podium position. Article continues under video When the safety car was deployed on lap 44 to enable the recovery of Lando Norris' McLaren both drivers pitted for fresh rubber and, despite an early assault on Ricciardo, Perez was unable to find a way through. Of the intervention, Perez told Sky Sports F1, "Without the safety car, we would have had a really strong chance. We were catching...
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