In the round-up: Max Verstappen believes team mate Sergio Perez is showing stronger results due to being more comfortable with this year’s Red Bull car.
In brief
Second year at Red Bull easier for Perez – Verstappen
Max Verstappen says that Sergio Perez seems much more comfortable in the team’s 2022 car than he was in 2021.
“I think it helps, of course, to have a year with the team,” explained Verstappen. “And I think, of course, with the new rule changes, everyone had to start from zero really.
“It seems like he is a lot happier in the car, so that’s really good for the team,” Verstappen continued.
Perez scored the first pole position of his career in the second round of the season at Jeddah Corniche Circuit
No Haas upgrade for “four or five races”
Haas team principal Günther Steiner said that the team has decided against bringing upgrades to this weekend’s race, as many other teams are, in favour of trying to understand their current car’s performance better.
“We have decided to wait a little bit longer with upgrades as I still think we have performance in the car without them which we have to get on the track,” he said. “Sometimes we achieve it, sometimes we don’t.
“We have a good upgrades package in about four or five races coming, so I’m confident about that and what the other ones are bringing, as of right now I don’t know, but I will know a lot more next Monday.”
Gasly had floor damage before Alonso contact in Miami
Pierre Gasly had suffered damage to the floor of his AlphaTauri during the Miami Grand Prix before his collision with Fernando Alonso.
“The race was difficult because, from very early on, I had a big hole in the floor, losing quite a bit of downforce, but even so I could fight for seventh or eighth place with the Alpines, which was encouraging,” Gasly said. However, the lap 39 contact with Alonso was when his race unravelled, as he collided with McLaren driver Lando Norris shortly afterwards.
“It was going…