Christian Horner on the classification of “Checo” Pérez: “He didn't do enough”

The director of the Red Bull team, Christian Horner, spoke after what the performance of Sergio “Checo” Pérez this Friday in the qualification for the Brazilian Sprint Race where the Mexican will start from 13th after a confusion in the energy drink team’s strategy.

“We had not planned a second round and unfortunately, he did not do enough in the first”commented the British manager about the performance of the man from Guadalajara who was left out in Q2 after doing a time of 1:10.24 after having stopped the clock at 1:09.489 in the first round.

After his first minutes on the track this Friday, the Austrian team called “Checo” Pérez to the pits, who returned to the ring when there was not much time to get a better result that would allow him to get into Q3 and fight to be among the first positions on the grid.

“We were going for an optimal time, but unfortunately he was half a second ahead of his teammate’s time. “That was too much.”acknowledged the British manager, explaining the situation with the Guadalajara driver who earlier had finished 19th in the first free practice.

“We got a little confused. We thought there was more time than there was and in the end we didn’t have time to do it, and it’s a shame that there was no second lap, especially because we had a quite competitive Q1, but in Q2 we couldn’t do another lap.”Horner added.

Sergio “Checo” Pérez will have a tough task this Saturday looking to break the bad streak of adverse results, including the last Mexican Grand Prix in which he finished in 19th place, to try to start closing the season in the best way.

Calm in the face of rumors about Colapinto

The Mexican Sergio “Checo” Pérez also spoke about the rumors that include the Argentine Franco Colapinto as the next driver of the Red Bull team, which does not cause concern to the Mexican who has a contract until the end of 2025.

“It doesn’t bother me at all, that shows his great work and it is the idea of ​​the country, of Argentina, that has a great driver. But I think you have to go step by step, you don’t have to put so many expectations so early.“commented the one from Guadalajara.

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