If Formula 1 was looking for a driver of the day as well as a crasher of the day, Sergio Pérez would win this award with absolute clarity, several times already this season. In the course of barely fifteen rounds, he found himself in so many problems that the pit wall was dizzy. Christian Horner admits that his race had only one positive. However, Sergio Pérez did not take care of him.
So let’s summarize it quickly: Pérez collided with Lewis Hamilton right at the start. Heading to the pits with a damaged front wing, he overtook Fernando Alonso during the exit of the safety car and received a five-second penalty. Subsequently, he hit Kevin Magnussen in the eleventh turn, for which he earned another five-second penalty.
Already on the way to the pits, it was clear from the on-board footage that the suspension of the right front wheel was not in order. When the team sent him out on the track with a new front wing, it was even clearer to Pérez that he would not be able to continue like this.
On the way, he still managed to annoy Lando Norris, who lost more than six seconds due to his slow driving caused by damaged steering. When he retired with such a car and should have finally breathed a sigh of relief, he had to return to the track and serve his penalty so that it would not haunt him at least in Qatar. He experienced all this in the course of fifteen laps…
“Today was a shocking race for him. It all started for nothing. On the way to the first corner he was a bit pinned, it was unfortunate for him.” recaps Christian Hornerwho was asked by reporters about how the Mexican’s race got out of hand. “He then suffered damage to his front wing after contact with Lewis. He overtook Fernando on the way behind the safety car and received another penalty.”
“He came out on the track with too much optimism and probably out of frustration he tried to overtake Magnussen,” he recalled the incident after which he damaged his car again. “Another front wing was destroyed as a result and the steering was also disrupted.”
It is therefore worth considering whether the FIA did the right thing by letting Pérez onto the track at all. After all, he did not withdraw from the race without reason, but due to damage. To put a single-seater on the track that is not in order from the point of view of safety is, in short, a gamble. A dose of caution would definitely be in order. On the other hand, it is possible that the race directorate communicated with the team in advance and knew what they were getting into. Pérez drove his personal best in the second sector, so he was certainly not limping while supporting himself with two crutches.
“We managed to get only one good thing from today, namely that he will not carry over this penalty to the next race in Qatar.” after all, he found some positive Christian Horneralthough he had to look for it under a microscope in the garage.
2023-09-24 14:16:58
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