In the round-up: Sergio Perez says he scored the best result possible in the Hungarian Grand Prix yesterday despite his car not being fully sorted after his crash in qualifying.
In brief
Car “not 100%” after crash – Perez
After crashing out in Q1 on Saturday, Perez climbed nine places to finish seventh. He doubts he could have finished any higher under the circumstances. “Today was the maximum we could have done,” he said. “So that’s a positive sign.
“The pace was strong today. We got overtaken by George [Russell] but we managed to beat him with the strategy, with the pace. From that point on I think it was a maximum we could have done.”
Red Bull performed extensive repairs after his heavy impact with the turn eight barrier and Perez isn’t sure his car was performing entirely as it should.
“At the start of the race we were stuck with the traffic, it was really difficult to manage,” he said. “I think the car was not 100% from the crash. So, something to to review.”
Sauber still not quick enough for points
Valtteri Bottas praised Sauber’s progress after his first race in their upgraded car, but says they still aren’t quick enough to challenge for points. He fell from 12th on the grid to finish 16th.
“Initially it felt okay,” he said. “But then, when things started to kind of stabilise a little bit, I figured out we couldn’t keep up with the pace of the RBs. We left the [pit] stop quite late to try to have a tyre advantage but as always here, it’s not easy to make progress even with a fresher tyre.
“If I compare to the last events, it seems like the pace is a bit better, but still not quite enough to get in the top 10 on merit. At the moment we still need kind of a miracle to happen to get in the top ten. So, we just need to keep progressing.”
Tsunoda thanks mechanics for repairs
Yuki Tsunoda paid tribute to his mechanics after taking his repaired car to ninth place.
“I’m definitely very happy with my race and obviously first of all big the credit to the team and mechanics who repaired very fast and precisely overnight,” said Tsunoda. “Without that, I wouldn’t be here.”
Penalty hands Jaguar title
The Formula E manufacturers’ title changed hands after the chequered flag dropped on the season finale yesterday. Porsche originally took the title but Antonio Felix da Costa was given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Nick Cassiy, dropping him from fifth to a point-less 13th….
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