The improvement came at the right time and Checo Perez is ready to face in a good way the classification of the Monaco Grand Prix 2023 once he finished second during the third free practice just behind Max Verstappen in a tough battle between the two Red Bulls.
after a friday complicated in which the Mexican pilot acused a lack of pace during the first two practice sessions, the good performance by Sergio Michel was appreciated on the prestigious Monte Carlo track.
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El Guadalajara, who was one of the first pilots in timing time, he completed 24 laps of the street circuit track and his fastest lap was in 1:12.849 minutes to be very close to Verstappen, who was the leader with his lap in 1:12.776. On his side, the Canadian Lance Stroll, a former teammate of “Checo” at Racing Point and now an Aston Martin driver, finished in third place with a time of 1: 12.942 minutes.
they exchanged positions
Throughout the third free sessionPerez Mendoza and Max Verstappen they practically exchanged first place in a sample of the improvement of the car from Jalisco against a “Mad Max”, who from the second practice showed his potential with a view to the “qualification” and of course to the race this Sunday.
With less than 10 minutes to go of Free 3, the Danish Kevin Magnussen (Haas) led to the Safety Car when his car was stopped and after restarting the session the red flag appeared caused by Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) for a contact against the wall with nothing to regret, but the practice was no longer relaunched.
In this way, Sergio Pérez barely finished at 73 thousandths of difference with respect to his Dutch teammate to declare himself prepared in search of pole position in this sixth round of the 2023 Formula 1 season, where by the way the Mexican aspires to repeat the victory in the legendary Monegasque race after climbing to the top of the podium last year.
Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) Lando Norris (McLaren), Pierre Gasly (Alpine), Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), Esteban Ocon (Alpine) and Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) were among the top 10 places in this last free session of the 2023 Monaco GP.
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2023-05-27 15:57:21
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