Perez was knocked out in Q2 after hisꦉ best lap -ﷺ which was good enough to be inside the top 10 - was deleted for track limits.

It capped off another disappointing qualifying display for the Mexican, who currently sits 33 points ahead of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton in the race for P2 in the championship.

Despite another poor display, Horner defended Perez, stating that they’d still be leading the drivers’ championship even if 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen wasn’t at the team.

“I mean we’d still be leading the world cham🦄pionship with Checo if we didn’t have him but oꩲbviously the delta between the two is difficult to explain at the moment,” he said.

“It's a shame fo🐲r Checo - he made it into Q3 and lost the lap time. We saw the same thing with Oscar and Lando. It’s very tough. Again Max getting the job done. A tough one for Checo.”

Horner vowed to support෴ Perez “in these difficult moments”.

“I think Checo responds better to an arm around the shoulder and it’s mentally a tough ga🐓me,” he added. “All sport, all top line sport is and when you’re going up against a driver ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚlike Max, with the pressure that comes with it, that pressure only intensifies. We know what he’s capable of and we know that he’s a great racer. 

“Qualifying is always his Achilles heel so we’ve just got to try and s🌠upport him in these difficult moments so he co🧔mes back strong tomorrow and on the race on Sunday.”

Perez lamented “so man🌱y issues” for his latest qualify▨ing shocker.

“It was quite difficult,” he explained. “We struggled a lot for balance. Basically, we had so manꦏy issu🧜es that I just couldn't feel...every corner was pretty much different. I think the conditions are very difficult. I just struggled a lot today in qualifying.

“It's not over but it will be very difficult to pass, especially with the track conditions we cur🐎rently have. We will see what we are able to do and recover from 🧔there.”