Problems return for “Checo” Pérez: Crashes in Q1 of qualifying for the Hungarian GP

Sergio “Checo” Perez He had a day to forget this Saturday during the final free practice sessions and qualifying ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix when his car crashed in the first round of the session, thus continuing the bad streak he has been experiencing.

After a Friday in which He left a good impression in the second free practice session at the Hungaroring circuitthe Mexican Red Bull driver had problems again, first with a terrible time in practice and then with the accident that left him off the track.

The Guadalajara native lost control of his RB20 at Turn 8 of the Budapest circuit, crashing into the containment, which left his car in a very bad state and forced the red flag to be shown. That was all for “Checo” Pérez this Saturday, causing concern for the energy drink team.

Weather conditions were against Sergio “Checo” Pérez, who had had a good start to the session on Saturday. Before his accident, the Mexican had achieved the sixth best time up to that point with 1:17.886, just behind the first, the British Lewis Hamilton (1:17.087).

Rain was present on the Budapest circuit shortly before the Mexican lost control of his RB20 when going over the curb, which caused him to end up hitting the barrier, seriously damaging the rear left side of his car.

The Mexican was thus placed in 16th position at the start of this Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix, where the Austrian team will have to get to work to get the Mexican’s car back in working order, which will require some replacements.

Lando Norris took pole position

Despite the unfortunate moment for Mexican Sergio “Checo” Pérez, qualifying continued as planned with the British driver from the McLaren team taking first place in the Hungarian Grand Prix this Sunday in a session that was marked by rain.

The McLaren driver set a time of 1:15.227 followed by his teammate, Australian Oscar Piastri (1:15.249) and further behind the current Formula 1 champion, Max Verstappen, who had his best lap with a time of 1:15.273.

The two drivers of the Visa Cash App RB team, the Australian Daniel Ricciardo and the Japanese Yuki Tsunoda, were one of the good news of this Saturday’s session by achieving ninth and tenth place in the classification.

The rest of the top 10 was completed by the Spaniard Carlos Sainz Jr. (fourth), the Englishman Lewis Hamilton (fifth), the Monegasque Charles Leclerc (sixth), the Spaniard Fernando Alonso (seventh) and the Canadian Lance Stroll (eighth).

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