F1 | Russian GP | Perez's Risked On Slicks In Sunday's GP: We were on for a great result
Red Bull Racing's Sergio Perez talks about his experience today at the Russian GP and key takeaways from the race and the team especially during the weather events from dry conditions to wets.
Sergio Perez finished eighth after deciding to try to stay on slicks in the worsening circumstances.
At the end of the first lap, he was in ninth place, but he quickly overtook Alpine's Fernando Alonso to take up second place behind Hamilton.
During the race, while Hamilton and Verstappen went through pitstops, Perez leading the race at the time, and he was still on his starting hard tyres.
Perez pitted at the conclusion of lap 36, but his transition to medium tyres was hindered by a jammed rear left, and when he rejoined the race, he was fifth.
At the end of the race, Perez decided to take a chance on his slick tyres, and when he ultimately pitted for inters, he had delayed too long and had fallen to ninth place.
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Perez says, "In the first and third sector it was pretty dry and you could get temperature into the tyres, so if it then dried up those of us on the slicks would have made it work and those on the inters would have seen their race destroyed. In hindsight the slick wasn’t the right tyre and ultimately the timing of the rain in the race meant some people got lucky today and others didn’t."
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To continue, "We were on for a great result with a podium through pure merit and despite a slow pit stop we still managed to come through the field to third but sometimes this is how racing is. The issue with the stop wasn’t a human error and I spoke with my pit crew after the race to check they were okay because we’re obviously all disappointed."
He concludes, "As a Team we still walk away with a lot of points today and yes, it is frustrating for me, but I feel like I got so much out of the car which is only promising going to Turkey in two weeks’ time.”
Es uno de esos días en los que no entiendo por qué amo tanto este deporte.
— Sergio Pérez (@SChecoPerez) September 26, 2021
Lo dimos todo, pusimos una gran carrera, pero tomamos las decisiones equivocadas y perdimos el podio.
Ésta es una difícil de digerir. Estoy trabajando como nunca y así seguiré.#RussianGP #NeverGiveUp pic.twitter.com/Kw6FDgqoeU
