Mission accomplished. Sergio Perez could complete the Australian Grand Prix at the debut of cadillac in the Formula 1. For the first race of the year, the objective was see the checkered flag and so it happened with ‘Checo’, who finished in the sixteenth position.

The start at Albert Park was absolute madness. The new regulations completely challenged the pilots. Forward, Charles Leclerc and George Russell They were in charge of giving the show in a wheel to wheel which lasted for several turns giving the highlight moment of the race.

Back, ‘Checo’ Pérez could do little. In the midst of the chaos, as several pilots used their reflexes to avoid crashing, Sergio lost one position by falling to nineteenth place. From there, the Cadillac driver began to build his career where the task was to return the car home.

Taking into account that Cadillac is a team that starts from scratch, The result of ‘Checo’ is good. Throughout the race he maintained a good race pace by turning in the 1.26 seconds and the furthest he could go was to the 14th place thanks to the pit stops of his rivals.

The alarms went off with Cadillac on lap 18 when Valtteri Bottas had to abandon the race due to problems with his car. For his part, ‘Checo’ was able to continue on the track although he did not have an easy race at all. Between investigations, his duel with Lawson and the vibrations, the Mexican rescued the weekend in Australia.

Lawson does not surpass ‘Checo’

The moment most critical of ‘Czech’ in Australia it happened on lap 16 when Liam Lawson and Sergio Perez They met on the track. The two pilots were fighting for track position and true to his style, Lawson wasn’t let off that easy. The Racing Bulls driver closed in on the Mexican, causing Pérez to be surprised and even causing him to outline “What’s wrong with him” on the radio.

Fortunately for both of them, the situation did not escalate, although the two touched each other, this did not cause a crash while race direction did not issue any sanction for either of the two.

The ‘Checo’ mirrors held up

The Cadillac car didn’t look good at all. At one point in the race a part of his car came off and towards the end of the GP, ‘Checo”s onboard focused on his mirrors. Throughout the race, ‘Checo’ complained about the vibrations and the cameras showed that his mirrors wobbledbut in the end he manages to hold on.

This is how ‘Checo’ Pérez’s return to Formula 1 ends. sixteenth is never goodon this occasion, due to the context, it can be applauded that he was able to finish the race. The next race is in China where Cadillac must continue on that learning curve in its first year in the series.

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