translated from Spanish: Mexicans celebrated Pérez’s historic Formula One triumph

News of Pérez’s victory, the first Mexican to win an F1 Grand Prix in 50 years, was received by his fans in Mexico City as a sign of hope at the end of a difficult year for Mexico and the world for the COVID-19 pandemic.” We’re crazy about this triumph. Really the first driver after so many years of waiting, that we have a Mexican driver who has won a Grand Prix is a pride. No one has been able to represent us as well as Czech,” Eric Plata said, while holding a flag named Pérez, in front of the iconic Angel of Independence, in Mexico City.Plata added that Pérez’s victory of racing point should be a reason for “hope” at the end of a year that has been critical to sport and other economic activities in Mexico and globally by the pandemic. Perez had missed a couple of races in Silverstone, England, after he tested positive for COVID-19 last July, but returned to competitions upon receiving authorization from the International Motorsport Federation (FIA) in mid-August after recovering. Mexico ranks fourth globally in the number of deaths from the new coronavirus, with 109,456 deaths, behind only the United States, Brazil and India, according to the count of Johns Hopkins.Israel Enciso University, another of the fans who came out to celebrate in front of the emblematic site of the Mexican capital, noted that Pérez’s triumph in Sakhir , Bahrain, was the culmination of an effort race by the F1 driver.” I think the triumph must take Enciso.La breath in Mexico,” Enciso.La 50-year wait for F1 fans in Mexico, after the triumph at the Belgian Grand Prix in 1970 by driver Pedro Rodríguez, is a source of joy for fans of the sport in the country, said Alfonso Pérez, Pérez’s fan since the Mexican’s debut at F1 in 2011.” Czech deserves it, We are proud of him,” he declared as fans cheered on Pérez’s name and flag vehicles sounded his horns around the Angel of Independence.After his triumph in Sakhir, Pérez, who finished the race 10.5 seconds ahead of Esteban Ocon of Renault, also reminded Rodriguez, who died a year after his victory in 1970 in a race accident. Pérez called his victory “historic” for Mexicans.” For Mexicans, it is not easy to enter Formula One or succeed in this sport,” Pérez told the media from Bahrain.

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