Sergio Perez said he didn’t do a good job with the track restrictions at the F1 GP in Qatar and asked Christian Horner for a break.
It was another tough weekend for Red Bull driver Perez at the F1 GP in Qatar. There, he only earned one point despite his three track limit penalties. He finished 9th on the road, but a post-race limit penalty dropped him to 10th after a disastrous run.
Throughout the race, Perez struggled to get his tire temperatures up and move forward in the field. He felt that his seating position did not help limit the track, but he cannot use that as an excuse, so he feels he should have done better.
“The difficult thing was very complicated for us, especially with the safety car,” Perez said. “We couldn’t warm up the tires and we lost positions. We couldn’t move fast enough and that meant we couldn’t get as far as we needed to.”
“The safety car came in three laps after we started the race, and we had to stop after we got through it. So it wasn’t an ideal race. It was a very difficult problem. I have to concentrate not only on the weekend, but also on the whole weekend.To be honest, I had a really hard time judging the track limits when I was in the car.
“But it was the same for everyone. So I should have done a better job than what I did. A similar thing happened in Austria. Position of sitting in the car The situation became a little difficult because the team changed the situation a little too low. I should have gone up when the team changed the situation at the last minute, ”said team principal Horner when he asked for a meeting for clarification. Perez summed it up this way:
Red Bull have been patient with him so far, knowing the title is secured but time is of the essence, even though he is under contract until 2024. Ta. Horner says they are desperate to find his form as they know he is an all-around capable driver.
“I think we really have to turn down Czech, because we know what Czech is capable of, but he’s not in that form at the moment. We want to retain the championship. “We desperately need him to find his form and take second place in the championship,” Horner said. “It’s disappointing that he ended the weekend with only points. I think even if he started from the back of the grid he could have had the potential for a high or even decent result, but we tried to do as well as possible. We’re going to give him good support. There’s one.” A triple-header is coming up and we can grab a lot of points.
“He’s going to have a lot of support in the next two or three races in Latin America and the United States and in his home race in Mexico City.” Confident again “He’s got a lot of support now. “I feel like I’m losing a bit,” summed up Horner, who feels pressure and lack of confidence go hand in hand, which can only be resolved by Perez getting back to basics in the battle for second place. Determines the overall ranking.
“I think when you get into a spiral like that, you confuse two things,” Horner said. “And I think sometimes you need to step up, put it on the ground, stop the merry-go-round and just get back to basics. And that’s exactly what we’re trying to do.
“We all know the Czech’s abilities and want to support him to get back to the position where he finished second behind Max before Monza.” Traditionally this is the type of support And we fully support him and we know that. what can he do? So this is the form we need to be good at. ”
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