Video: Checo checks in with F1i after Bahrain

Sergio Perez was unquestionably one of the stars of the day in this week's Bahrain Grand Prix.

He had to overcome a setback in qualifying, when late yellow flags left him starting the race from 18th place on the grid.

But Perez made up five places on the first lap alone, and was helped by the safety cars to make it into seventh place. He stayed there for the rest of the race, claiming another six points for the team keeping them in fourth place in the constructors' championship.

It was the kind of charge that we've seen from Checo in the past, but it's still just as impressive every time. And F1i's readers agreed, voting him the Driver of the Day by a mile.

After the race, he sat down to record a special message for F1i to talk about how his day had gone.

"We didn't give up, we gave our best," he says. "We managed to recover and finish P7 bringing home a lot of points. Very pleased for the performance of the car and the team.

"We are fourth in the constructors championship, which is great news," he added. "It's been a great weekend. I look forward to going back to Europe and keep doing a great job.

"Thank you so much for your support!"

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.