The team Red Bull put in Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez their hopes of points in the Russian Grand Prix of the Formula 1 that will be raced in Sochi this Sunday and did not start in the best way in qualifying on Saturday. The Mexican driver finished in the ninth box and will have to make an intelligent closer to add.
In Q3 they did not make the best decisions together, Pérez acknowledged, and that ended up weighing on him in the Final location of the starting grid.
“We put the tire on late, it didn’t help at the time and it was quite difficult at the end of the session. We were one lap too late for the tire. We hope to have a good pace throughout the race. Putting a dry tire late was the problem ”, declared the man from Guadalajara at the end of qualifying.
Checo Pérez finished with time of 1: 45, 337 to stay with ninth place and start behind Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) and ahead of Ocon (Alpine F1 Team). Similarly, the pilot is confident of doing an important job to climb positions.
” We will stay positive towards Sunday and the main objective will be to get off to a strong start and then put together the best race possible. We needed an extra lap to warm up the tire. In the first session we went to a lap and that slowed us down and when we got dry it was too late, because it lacked temperature “, he added.
Max Verstappen, teammate of the Aztec, had changed the engine and that automatically sent him to the last position on the starting grid. The winner of the pole was Londo Norris, with whom Checo Pérez has had crosswords.
“We know that anything can happen. It will be complicated tomorrow (Sunday), but we will try from lap one and be able to advance tomorrow. To go to a lap it was too late ”, closed Checo.
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