Red Bull says Sergio Perez needs to rally from “horrible” Canada weekend
Sergio Perez needs to rebound from a "horrible" Canadian GP weekend, 💯Red Bull boss Christian Horner admits.
Red Bull F1 team principal Christian Horner says 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez needs to b꧅ounce back from what he described as being a “horrible weekend” at the Canadian Grand Prix.
Perez’s recent dip in form continued♏ in Canada as he endured a nightmare weekend. First, he was dumped out in the first part of qualifying for the second successive event, before struggling to make up ground in the ra👍ce and eventually crashing out.
Prior to the weekend, the Mexican was handed a new two-year contract to stay at Red Bu💜ll despite question marks over his form of late.
Horner admitted Red Bull “got away with it” in Montreal as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen ཧclaimed victory and thei𝔉r rivals faltered, but backed Perez to turn things around.
“It was a horrible weekend for Checo and obviously, we picked up some damage,” Horner told Sky Sports. “He’ll need 🍎to come back strong in Barcelona.
“Thankfully, Ferrari had a shocker and didnꦇ’t get any points so that let us off the hook▨ somewhat, but we need both cars scoring.
“We got away 🌃with it today but we need Checo back up there where he was at the beginninꦦg of the year from Barcelona onwards.”
Horner added: “What we see with Checo time and time again is that w🧔hen you think🦩 he’s on the ropes, he bounces back.
“He’s a tough racer and he’s a tough characterღ and it hurts him more than anybody else.
“He’ll be determined to come back and show everybody the form we know he’s capable of and that he showed ඣin the first four races of this year.”
Perez has now slipped to 𝔍fifth place in the drivers’ standings, 8🍨7 points behind teammate Verstappen.
“Iඣt has been a very tough couple of weekends. I think we will just regroup, put our heads down and learn from the weekend," he said.
“On Saturday, we had a bit of an issue that prevented us from qua💝lifying a lot higher – which 🌃we understood straight after qualifying, which is positive.
“Obviously, there is a long year ahead and I am sure that we will ge♕t to our form.”
Things aren’t set to get any easier for Perez at the Spanish Grand Prix aft✤er he picked up a three-place grid penalty for driving his car in an unsafe condition in an attempt to avoid a Safety Car in Sunday’s race.
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