Red Bull’s Sergio Perez has said he wants to have internal discussions with his team for clarity, after moving aside for Max Verstappen early in the race.
Perez has admitted to feeling some frustration with how the events of the Spanish Grand Prix played out, after the Red Bull driver felt he could have had a little more help from his team to aid his strategy.
In the early phase of the race, Perez found himself in front of Max Verstappen after the reigning World Champion slid off the track at Turn 4 to fall to fourth place. With the Red Bulls attacking Mercedes’ George Russell for second place, Perez allowed Verstappen to pass him to lead the Red Bull charge.
However, later in the race with Verstappen still cooped up behind Russell, Perez caught back up rapidly after embarking on a two-stop strategy. Clearly enjoying better pace than the pair in front, he called his team to be allowed through to attack Russell, only to be told to hold station.
With Verstappen’s three-stop strategy proving the correct choice, Perez didn’t attempt to fight Verstappen hard in the closing stages as the Dutch driver powered through into the lead, and he later admitted to feeling somewhat irked by how he and Verstappen were treated differently.
Asked whether the victory could have been his on Sunday, with Red Bull scoring a second consecutive 1-2 finish, Perez admitted he “thought so”.
“Especially at the beginning, when I gave the position to Max, thinking I was going to get it back later,” Perez told Sky Sports F1.
“But then, we swapped strategies – he went for the three, I went for the two – it turned out his was the better strategy to be on.”
Very happy to finally be on the Spanish podium.
Thanks to all the fans for so much love; awesome result for the whole team. Now full focus for the Monaco GP.#nevergiveup #spanishgp pic.twitter.com/sR7G7IYKaN— Sergio Pérez (@SChecoPerez) May 22, 2022
Elaborating later in the post-race FIA press conference, he said:…
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