After a qualifying test, Sergio “Checo” Perez He promised an improvement for this Sunday’s race at the Italian Grand Prix with the knowledge that his RB20 demonstrated greater performance in competition than when he put it through its paces on a single lap.
The Mexican will start from the eighth position on the Monza circuit And although it will be difficult to get to the podium, hopes for a good points haul that will allow the Red Bull driver to maintain his lead in the Constructors’ Championship.
“I think our race pace is more competitive than what we have shown over a single lap so I hope we can get into the fight,” The Guadalajara native expressed this once qualifying was over, in which things also went well for his garage neighbour Max Verstappen, who will start from seventh place.
Pérez Mendoza admitted the difficulties he encountered in developing the car during free practice and qualifying. But he is confident that the situation will change at the Italian Grand Prix.
“The car is very difficult to balance, we are in a window where a small change in the mechanical bar feels like you make 8 or 9 changes. “I think it was because of the low aerodynamic load, I don’t know if the asphalt made things difficult for us, but it was difficult to balance the car all weekend. We suffered especially with the soft tyre,” said “Checo”.
What did Sergio Pérez say after qualifying for the Italian GP?
Sergio Pérez stressed that “we were totally lost this morning” since in the third free practice he was far from the leaders. And at the beginning of the classification The problem with the balance of the car continued to the point that it was close to being broken. out in Q1. However, in his last attempt he climbed positions to overcome the cut-off even though it is still far from what McLaren, Mercedes and now Ferrari have shown.
“I was lucky not to be eliminated in Q1. Then we found the way, but we were far away and the balance was very sensitive,” said the Jalisco native, who has not been among the top three since the Chinese Grand Prix.
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Checo is going through his worst moment since he joined Red Bull in 2021, having gone 10 consecutive races without a podium. And so far this year he has been denied victory, as in his previous years. With the red bull he at least achieved one triumph.
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