It was another difficuౠlt weekend for Perez, who only finished fourth in Barcelona.

Perez was knocked out in Q2, while Red Bull teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen dominated the race from pole position.

Rosberg - who was working as a pundit for Sky Sports in the UK - put the following question to Horner about༒ Perez’ܫs performance.

"You were just saying he did a good race but I thought it was quite a lack of performance, especially during the early par💜t of the race," Rosberg questio🏅ned.

"💞Isn't that true? I mean, cꦬomparing to Max there were some laps where there was quite a gap."

In response, Horner pointed out that Rosberg is a “criticial kind of guy” since retiring from F1 at the end of 2016.

“You're a critical kind of guy, aren't you? You're tough on these guys. Now you're out of the car you haꦰve to criticise all the guys.

“I think that he [Perez] lost out in the early laps and didn't have a great start. Georg𝔉e managed to get away with running off the track and not getting any penalty for that and I think that was the difference at the end of the day.

“Checo's race was getting stronger and stronger and that last stint in particular, he was really coming back very strong, but just not enough laps ꩵto fight for the podium.”

Perez now sits 53 points behind Veಌrstappen after seven races.

Horner beli🧸ꦿeves the widening gap in the championship should alleviate the pressure for Perez.

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“I think if you look at th🧔e points now, there’s a big split between the two of them,” Ho🍎rner explained.

“If anything, that should take the pressure off him. He has nothing to lose now and he just needs to relax, he can breathe out and just drive like we know he’s capable of, like he did in Azerbaijan and some ✱of the early races this year. 

“I think today was a good recovery from him and it will give hiꦓm confidence as we head to Montreal.”