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Sergio Perez says that no podium finish during the 2017 season takes something away from his achievements throughout the year. It marked the first year since 2013 that the 27-year-old failed to finish within the top three at some point during the season.
Force India wrapped up fourth place in the constructor's standings for the second year in a row, and Perez ended the season in seventh place - the same as 2016. Despite scoring points at all but three races, Perez admits that no podium takes away some shine from his results.
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"Well if you look back at last year, last year was a really good strong year for me," said Pérez. "Not having the podium probably takes away something of the achievement this year. But at the end of the day I feel I did my job, I brought home a lot of points, we had some up and downs. I don't think it's my best year with the team."
Despite failing to claim a podium finish, Perez says that he came close at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The Mexican ultimately retired from that race after a controversial crash with teammate Esteban Ocon.
"Definitely Baku," he reflected when asked what race he was closest to a podium finish. "I think Baku I had the podium there, and with so many safety cars I got unlucky, then [there was] the incident with Esteban. That weekend was the one that was the closest definitely, if we didn't have the safety car, or if we didn't have the contact, I would have had the podium there."
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