Sergio ‘Checo’ Perez had a difficult weekend at the Rolex Australian Grand Prix, Well, the Mexican driver had problems with his car from the third free practice and later had to abandon qualifying at the Albert Park Circuit.
the tapatio of Red Bull he started from the last position and recovered 15 places in the race to finish in fifth and thus add important points to maintain the second place in the drivers’ championship; However, Checo Pérez regretted the problems he had and sent a message to his team.
“It was a bad weekend, with everything that happened it is unacceptable and I feel like we were going for a good weekend. We definitely had the pace to win but instead it was regarding limiting damage” said the Mexican for F1TV.
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THE MOMENT WHEN YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT THE BALANCE????
Checo Pérez continues to have problems with his car and he doesn’t feel comfortable with the car’s balance, but the team doesn’t see anything wrong with the car’s data.#F1xFSMX pic.twitter.com/Q3sQzXmB8a
— FOX Sports MX (@FOXSportsMX) April 1, 2023
He was able to recover more places!
On the other hand, Sergio Perez, who is sub-leader of the drivers’ championship with 54 points just behind Max Verstappen who has 69, he was named by Formula 1 as the driver of the day for his performance in Melbourne. The Mexican highlighted the great career he had but considered that he might advance more places but did not want to risk more.
“It was difficult (passing with all the DRS zones) we didn’t have the pace we normally have. They were all closer today. It was a big, big mess with the DRS train at the beginning, I had to take a lot more risk if I wanted to make any more progress and I probably wouldn’t have finished the race or I probably might have finished a little bit higher.” Checo Pérez stated.
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