New oversight of Checo; will start 11 at the Spanish Grand Prix

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Newspaper La Jornada
Sunday June 4, 2023, p. a10

Sergio Pérez made a new mistake when he got confused at the command of Red Bull at the Spanish Grand Prix, on a day with changing weather between rain and dry at the Barcelona-Catalonia Circuit, where he was eliminated in the second qualifying phase and will start eleventh this Sunday.

Max Verstappen, teammate of the Mexican and leader of the Formula 1 championship, was again intractable when signing the fifth pole of the season in seven grand prix, now ahead of the Spanish Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) and the British Lando Norris (McLaren).

I had problems, the track was wet, I couldn’t shift or accelerate, I lost a lot of the rear end and it was hard for me throughout the sessionexplained Czech getting out of the car.

In the end we are at 11, we can run from there, it will be important to keep the pace and be able to be competitive for tomorrowshared the Mexican pilot.

The wake-up call for Czech Do not be late. With Sergio, things have not gone well since Monte Carlo. He needs to focus more on the races, not the titlelaunched Helmut Marko, adviser to the Red Bull team and main detractor of the Mexican in statements to Sky Sports Germany.

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“Czech He’s getting a relatively tough wake-up call right now, but I’m sure he’ll bounce back. I think the podium is very optimistic”, predicted the former Austrian driver.

Christian Horner, director of the Toro Rojo team, was somewhat more sympathetic with the man from Guadalajara, attributing what happened to the tires. “It is a crucial factor. We reviewed the downforce after Q1. In the support we have at the factory you can see the analysis between the two cars, if they are generating the same amount of downforce and they were at comparable levels. We didn’t see any part malfunctioning.

“We will do a deeper inspection tonight, but I think it was about putting the tires on the window, because we know that Czech it’s not that far. He just couldn’t get the car running today,” Horner told British Sky.

The British George Russell disappointed in Mercedes. He also stayed in Q2 after a friction with his teammate Lewis Hamilton. The seven-time champion advanced to the third phase and will start fifth, while Russell was being investigated and for now he would start from 12th place.

The Monegasque Charles Leclerc had the worst part with the control of his Ferrari. He couldn’t get past Q1 and will start from 19th position, just ahead of American Logan Sargent (Williams).