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Christian Horner has claimed that getting \u2018back to basics\u2019 has helped Sergio Perez to recover his form. The Red Bull driver crashed out of his home Grand Prix in Mexico but produced a solid performance across both races at Interlagos last time out.<\/p>\n
Perez went into his home race with the expectations of a nation on his shoulders, as well as pressure from the Red Bull hierarchy with second place in the Drivers\u2019 Championship on the line. After getting an immense launch from P5 on the grid he found himself challenging for the lead but made contact with Charles Leclerc on the approach to Turn 1.<\/p>\n
That contact ultimately ended the 33-year-old\u2019s race, but he duly took responsibility for his involvement in the crash and moved on. When the Brazilian GP rolled around it was crunch time for Checo after Lewis Hamilton closed the gap in the standings to just 20 points.<\/p>\n
Most expected Perez\u2019s struggles to continue at Interlagos, but a comfortable top-three finish in the sprint race was followed up by an impressive drive through the field to salvage a P4 classification from ninth on the grid. That result has added much-needed security to his place in the World Championship and restored some faith in his ability.<\/p>\n
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