The Mexican Sergio “Checo” Pérez was self-critical after the qualification for the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix in which he will start from third position after having had a day this Friday in which he recognized the good work of his Red Bull teammate, Max Verstappen.
The Dutchman, three-time F1 champion, took pole as in Bahrain and was followed by Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc who was ahead of “Checo” Pérez who highlighted the mistakes he had during the classification held this Friday in Jeddah Circuit.
“The second lap (of Q3) was a bit of a surprise for everyone. We didn’t improve much on the last lap and I think that’s where we lost the front row, but overall I think Max had a tremendous lap.”acknowledged the Mexican according to the Motorsport.com portal.
Sergio “Checo” Pérez recognized that the difference with respect to his teammate in the team Red Bull It was unattainable. Already in the first classification of the season, last weekend in Bahrain, the difference had been much greater with the Mexican’s fifth place in the game.
“I think for me it was impossible to catch Verstappen today, but I also think that being on the front row was something achievable”lamented the Mexican who has just achieved second place in the Bahrain Grand Prix, the first test of the 2024 Formula 1 season.
But beyond the performance he had in qualifying this Friday, Sergio “Checo” Pérez maintains good expectations for the race in which he expects an intense dispute due to the closeness that existed with respect to the rest of the drivers.
“Anyway I think we are still in the fight. It’s a long race and anything can happen. It will be quite interesting. I think it will be a long and fun race, there will be a lot of action. The cars around us are all very close, so it will be an interesting battle.”he added.
Sergio “Checo” Pérez34, is in the last season of his current contract with the Austrian team and is looking to have a great performance in the F1 season that is beginning to aim for a renewal with the energy drink team for 2025. .
In recent days there has been talk about the possibility that Max Verstappen ends up leaving Red Bull in the midst of an intense controversy between his father and the team director, Christian Horner, which would open up more options for the Mexican to stay.
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