DRIVER OF THE DAY: Perez's pit-lane-to-P5 fightback gets your vote

'Never give up' has to be a motto of any F1 driver, but Sergio Perez truly embodied it in Bahrain. Forced to start from the pit lane after a technical glitch on his formation lap, the Mexican battled his way back to P5 on his Red Bull debut - and you duly recognised his feat. Here’s how the voting broke down...
Sergio Perez - 27.7%
Max Verstappen - 16.8%
Lando Norris - 8.4%
Lewis Hamilton - 7.5%
Yuki Tsunoda - 7%
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