In the round-up: Sergio Perez admits he had a “difficult” lead up to the summer break and is aiming to come back stronger over the triple-header.
In brief
Perez keen to ‘come back stronger’ after “difficult” recent races
Sergio Perez admits he had a “difficult” lead up to the summer break and is aiming to come back stronger over the triple-header in Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy.
Perez lost second place in the drivers’ championship to Charles Leclerc after the Ferrari driver took victory in Austria while Perez retired after contact with George Russell. Perez missed out on a podium in France after being passed late in the race by Russell, then finished fifth in Hungary before the summer break.
“We are aware that the last couple of races have been difficult on our side,” Perez said.
“Things have changed a bit in the cars, so we have to understand everything and just come back a lot stronger for the triple-header.”
Mercedes junior Antonelli extends ADAC F4 championship lead
Mercedes junior driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli extended his lead in the German ADAC Formula 4 championship after two second places and a fourth place finish at the Nurburgring.
Antonelli, who races with Prema in the series, took the chequered flag first in race one on Saturday but lost his win to Taylor Barnard after receiving a five second time penalty for jumping the start. Antonelli then finished second in race two behind Barnard and fourth in race three to extend his lead to 98 points over Ferrari academy driver Rafael Camara, who missed the round due to a positive Covid-19 test.
McLaren junior driver Ugo Ugochukwu claimed 16 points over the three races – his first round competing in the ADAC F4 series.
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