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Force India choose to play the long game

Force India’s Sergio Perez could have qualified in the top ten for his home Mexican Grand Prix on Saturday but said he chose not to for strategic reasons. The Mexican said after qualifying 13th for Sunday’s race that the pace to make it into the final shootout would have been there if the team had used the hypersoft tyres. However, that would have meant starting the race on tyres that degraded quickly in practice rather than the longer lasting ultrasofts. “Starting on a harder compound should give us an advantage tomorrow; we basically chose a better strategy over grid position,” he said. “I am confident about our chances tomorrow. We believe our strategy is the correct one and...
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