Sergio Perez disappointed in Red Bull F1 teammate Max Verstappen “after all I’ve done for him”
Verstappen overtook Perez with the Mexican struggling for pace on his medium tyres after a late Safety Car restart🍃🍃 after being encouraged by Red Bull to chase down and pass Fernando Alonso and Charles Leclerc ahead.
Perez was told by his race engineer that Verstappen wou♏ld give the place back to help his quest for second place in the drivers’ championship if the Dutchman could not overtake Alonso.
But V🌃erstappen ignored multiple instructions from his race engineer to allow Perez back through on the last lap.
Ask🌳ed what had happened over team radio, Verstappen responded: “I told you already last time, you guys don’t ask that again to me, OK? Are we clear about that? I gave my reasons and I stand by it.”
After crossing the line, Perez said Verstappen’s refusal to follow the ord🎃er “shows who he r𝔉eally is”.
According to De Telegraaf, Verstappen’s actions were a retaliat꧒ion for Perez admitting to a “deliberate crash” du🅷ring qualifying at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Asked if he had any idea what Verstappen meant by his radio message, Perez to🍎ld Sky Sports: “No idea. You should ask him about it.
“Nothing to say, rꦛeally. After all I’ve done for him, it’s a bit disappointing to be honest.”
In a separate interview, Perez added: “I believe, if he has two🎶 championships, it is down to me.”
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner insisted💎 Verstappen is not bigger than🍨 the team and confirmed the matter would be discussed internally.
“I won’t go into what we discussed beh𝓰ind closed doors,” Horner told Sky. “The drivers🃏 have shaken hands.
“We work as a team, we race as a team. Our priority is to get Checo to be runner-up in the championship. Max has given us that commitment. If Max can help, he will do🐭.
“We go into ♔Abu Dhabi to do the best we can as a te🌊am for Checo to get second place.”
Leclerc and Perez are level on points in the168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: F1 drivers' standings headi🐟ng into the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with Leclerc currently holding P2 by virtue of winning one more ra🐠ce.
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