Sergio Perez was very pleased with his team's performance today, as the Mexican made it into Q3 for the first time this season for Force India with a P8 qualifying finish.
Force India started the season very slowly, but have slowly seemed to find their feet again. Sergio Perez has now made it to Q3 for the first time as the team has looked much quicker in Shanghai, with his teammate Esteban Ocon starting from P12. It's not yet the form from the last two years, but it's a good start.
“I am very pleased with our performance today as a team,” Perez said after qualifying.
“My Q3 lap was very strong and I feel that we really maximised qualifying.
“Q2 was quite close and I made it through at the last attempt, and in Q3 we only did one flying lap, which was enough for P8.
"I am pleased we are so close to our rivals and I hope we can stay in that mix and come out on top of the midfield group tomorrow.”
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