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Sergio Pérez keep stretching your good timewhich is clearly the best since he came to the Formula 1. Through a very competitive single-seater with Red Bull Racing (RB18), continues to fight in the strong part of the grid and is living up to his expectations of fighting for the world championship title. In today’s session, came second at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as Max VerstappenYour partner, it was faster.
Helmut Markoadvisor to the Austrian team, analyzed what happened at the Baku Street Circuit and gave his justification for why the engineers asked Checo not to “fight” the position with the Dutchman. Of course, the latter came at a higher pace and the Mexican, taking into account Ferrari’s withdrawals, offered no resistance and avoided an accident that could have cost them 44 points.
“We don’t have anything on paper, but if you look at the performance there is a difference (between Verstappen and Perez). Max has shown that on asphalt.” the controversial manager pointed out forcefully. Despite the fact that the fan of America had a great weekend and continues to show a very high level, Marko assures that the reigning world champion is ahead of him on the track.
Sergio Pérez gave the right to Red Bull on the decision
Checo, true to his style, did not want to enter into controversy and gave Red Bull the right to leave the first place to SuperMax: “It was the right team call, Max had a head start. In this circuit anything can happen, so 1-2 is the best result we could have. The team made the right decision. This second place (personally) is not bad at all”.
“The difference in pace between the two drivers was very significant. We talked this morning that if they competed with each other, give each other space and they did that today.. It was very important that the riders, at this point in the championship, be fair to each other because the priority is to maximize the points against Ferrari. I think today was not strictly a team order, it was a matter of having a faster car and a slower one.” Horner mentioned on the same subject. Clarito.
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