By Gura Garcia
21 Oct 2024, 08:45 AM EDT
Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez finished in seventh position in the United States Grand Prix at the Austin Circuit, Texas. The race was one where the Mexican driver could not count on the same floor as his teammate in Red Bull Racing, the Dutchman and current leader of the drivers’ championship, Max Verstappen, behind the wheel of the RB20 car, and where he also considered he had lost. pace, one that would have allowed him to be much more competitive.
“Checo” opened up about the inconveniences
“We lost a lot of time at the beginning of the race starting at the back in the middle of the grid and then at the end of the race again with Franco Colapinto, I lost a couple of seconds there that were very costly in the end,” said the Mexican in the media area of the Austin circuit after finishing the American Grand Prix.
“But in general terms we needed some rhythm race this weekend,” indicated the Mexican driver.
“Checo” Pérez started the race in ninth place after the penalty received by the British Mercedes driverGeorge Russell, a position he maintained after overtaking the Spaniard and former Aston Martin world champion, Fernando Alonso. He later had an arduous battle with the Japanese Yuki Tsunoda of RB, whom he was slow to overtake, in a battle that he himself considered cost him the possibility of finishing much further ahead.
Arduous war with Franco Colapinto
He also highlighted the time he spent behind Williams’ Argentine rookie, Franco Colapinto.as an important point that also weighed on him when it came to finishing in much more important positions in his career in the United States.
By delving into the issues that prevented him from being competitive this weekend in the United StatesCheco Pérez made it clear that: “It was difficult to pass them (the rivals). It was quite degrading, it was difficult for me to have traction in slow corners. In general, it is a weekend to understand where the pace went, we gave flashes of good laps, but we did not have that consistency,” concluded the native of Guadalajara.
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