In the round-up: Christian Horner believes Sergio Perez’s Monaco Grand Prix win “is not a one-off” for the Red Bull driver.
In brief
Perez “in the form of his career” with Monaco win
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has praised Sergio Perez for his Monaco win.
“Checo’s in the form of his career is he’s doing a great job and it’s not a one off. I mean, we saw his pole position in Jeddah and he’s really hitting a rich vein of form so that that’s fantastic for us.”
Perez had to let Verstappen past twice during the previous race in Spain. However Horner said both will have the same opportunity to win the championship.
“It doesn’t matter to us which of the two is the world champion,” he said. “Of course the constructors is enormously important, but whether it’s Max or Checo they’re both Red Bull drivers, they’ve both got the same chance.”
Ricciardo helmet message “not directed at anyone”
Daniel Ricciardo gave his explanation for the appearance of the initials ‘FEA’ on his helmet during the Monaco Grand Prix, which was widely interpreted as standing for “fuck ’em all”.
“‘FEA’ is ‘For Ever After’,” said Ricciardo. “It’s a love story. I put it on my helmet in in 2018 as well.
“You have some things and I like to use acronyms just to pump me up. It’s honestly not directed at anyone. It’s just something that I’ve said for a few years and it just kind of gets me in my happy place.
“As well as a driver, you like you put the helmet on and that’s also very significant of like flipping the switch. So it’s one of the last things I’ll see when I put the helmet on, then it just kind of reminds me to to kind of channel in and get into the zone.”
Drugovich bemused by “weird” pit incident
Formula 2 championship leader Felipe Drugovich was bemused to find the pit exit blocked during yesterday race by marshals pulling Amaury Cordeel’s stranded car into it. Drugovich’s pursuers were forced to stop…