Sergio Pérez did not complete a single lap during qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. The Mexican had a problem that ended up taking him to the gravel and, therefore, he finished last in the session.
Sergio Pérez repeats the problems of Free Practice 3
The Mexican pilot has had a bad start in the Australian Grand Prix, since it will leave last tomorrow. Coming out of the pits for his out-lap, Sergio Pérez had a problem at Turn 3, which caused him to go wide and end up in the gravel, resulting in him finishing last in qualifying.
This problem is very similar to what happened to him during Free Practice 3. The man from Guadalajara also went wide on numerous occasions during the training sessions and came to complain to his team, both regarding this and regarding the general balance of the car.
Pérez thought that the team had solved the problem between sessions, but, as it might be seen, this was not the case. So the pilot Red Bull he became a passenger the moment he failed to brake the car and lost any hope of wresting pole position from Max Verstappen.
“We had a little technical problem in FP3 and we thought we had it fixed, but obviously we didn’t. It was very difficult to salvage the situation, I became a passenger as soon as I hit the brake“affirmed ‘Czech’.
Where does the problem come from?
following what happened, Christian Horner has confirmed that the team has started to investigate where the problem was. According to the driver, he believes that the failure comes from the brakes and he hopes to have it fixed by tomorrow and thus be able to obtain the maximum number of points.
“It’s something that is throwing the brakes off balance quite a bit under braking and I just hope we can fix it tomorrow so we can race and minimize the damage. I have complete confidence in my team and I know we can overcome this problem to have a strong race pace.”Pérez continued to close.
