The start of Sergio “Checo” Pérez in this 2024 Formula 1 season is being as expected. The Mexican from Red Bull comes from getting second place in the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix leaving good feelings for the second consecutive week, so he believes that victories are about to come at any moment.
However, he will not have it easy at all since his teammate, the Dutch Max Verstappen He continues to maintain his firm dominance in F1 with his second victory of the season and the ninth in a row. On this occasion, the difference between both drivers of the Austrian team was about 13.6 seconds.
“I think we have taken a step forward since Bahrain, we have made good improvements since yesterday (Friday)”commented Sergio “Checo” Pérez regarding what was done in the classification where he finished third behind Charles Leclerc, whom this Saturday he was able to neutralize early in the race and go on to occupy second place.
“We have to keep up the positive streak, we still have some things to fix, but our time will come”launched the Mexican who highlighted the obstacles he had to overcome throughout the race that took place this Saturday at the Jeddah Circuit where he ended up taking second place for the second consecutive week.
“Sometimes it has been complicated, especially at the beginning. We hadn’t warmed up at all, we were skidding a lot. It took us a long time to get past Lewis (Hamilton) and Lando (Norris). But I think overall it was a great day for the team.”he said before adding: “We’re staying strong, so we just have to keep this momentum going.”
The Mexican, who is in the last season of his current contract with the energy drink team, highlighted the lack of fortune he had in qualifying and how that could have affected him a little in the race, beyond the good performance which he had from third position on the starting grid.
“I think it was a shame that we qualified outside the front row because we made a great start. Unfortunately, Charles (Leclerc) stayed together and we couldn’t pass him.”said the man born in Guadalajara about the beginning of the race. Shortly afterward he ended up overtaking the Monegasque Ferrari who finished the test in third place.
After the first two tests of the season, Formula 1 will rest next weekend to return on Sunday, March 24 with the Australian Grand Prix where the Mexican driver Sergio “Checo” Pérez He will seek to continue building on the good start he is having this campaign and try to hunt down his Red Bull teammate, Max Verstappen.
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