Formula One: Perez can make statement of intent in Miami
The HinduSergio Perez wants to be considered a Formula One title contender and Sunday’s Miami Grand Prix offers the Mexican a chance to lead the championship for the first time and rattle the cage of Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen. The 25-year-old Dutch driver was only five points clear of Perez after four races last year but won in Miami with the fastest lap and went on to finish the season 149 points ahead and with 15 victories to his teammate’s two. I really didn’t.” If Button is rooting for Perez, so too are Formula One neutrals in a season that otherwise risks becoming one long Verstappen victory parade with Red Bull currently in a league of its own. Formula One needs an exciting race after Baku failed to live up to expectations with scant overtaking and little drama, even if Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc did seize pole position and completed the podium.