Did Sergio Perez cost teammate Max Verstappen in qualifying for F1 Monaco GP?
Qualifying ended in dramatic fashion as Perez slammed into the barriers at Portier and was collected by Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, leading to a traffic jam blockage t💦hat resulted🌠 in Q3 ending prematurely under a red flag.
The incident prevented several drivers from improving their positions, including reigning world champion Verstappen, who ended up only fourth and behind his teammaꦫte.
While Perez appeared to hold the edge over Verstappen throughout qualifying, the Dutchman believes he was improving enough on his final ruꦫn of Q3 to leapfrog his teammate and challenge for the front row of the grid, though he conceded pole position was always out of reach.
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“So far it has been a bit tricky for me the whole weekend a🌌nd of course qualifying in Q3 you wan𝕴t to go all out, it was getting a bit better,” Verstappen said.
“I do think that last run, I opted to do a bꦆit of a different strategy to the cars around me, was actually quite 💜good. I was on a good lap until I got to that corner and there was a bit of a traffic jam.
— Formula 1 (@F1)Horner: Perez didn't cost Verstappen F1 Monaco GP pole
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner denied the suggestion that Perez’🏅s crash cost Verstappen the chance of pole.&nbsꩲp;
"I don't think that pole was on,” he said. “Charles was mighty. Congrat🍨s to him because we couldn't do that time.
“It was a shame because both of our drivers could have improved. �🌟�Max was up. We are disappointed not to be on the front row.”
Verstappen cut a frustrated figure after qualifying and complained over team radio after aborting his lap: “This shouldn’t be allowed. Otherwise it’s jus𓄧t better to do your lap and then just bin it into th෴e wall.”
Horner said he coul♐d totally understand his star dr﷽iver’s feelings.
"There is nothing more frustrating than not fi💛nishing,” Horner said. "It is unfo𝄹rtunate."
And Horner is still hopeful Red Bull can challenge for victory at the Principality, despiꦅte main rival Ferrari locking out the front ♋row.
“We won't gi⛄ve anyꦓthing to anybody,” he added. “We will fight as hard as we can. Weather, Safety Cars? A lot can happen."
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