Sergio Perez has yelled at Red Bull Racing team-mate Max Verstappen for refusing to give him back his position at the end of the Brazilian F1 Grand Prix.
Sergio Perez was sixth with a few laps to go, but Max Verstappen, on newer tyres, passed his teammate to challenge Fernando Alonso for fifth. However, Verstappen failed to catch Alonso and was told to hand the position back to Perez as previously agreed.
‘Max, if you don’t overtake Fernando coming out of turn 12, let me go through the Czech Republic. Let’s give him back to the Czech Republic’, was the radio message from Max Verstappen’s engineer, Giampiero Lambiase.
“What’s wrong, Max? Let me go through the Czech Republic. Max, let me go to the Czech Republic”, repeated Giampiero Lambiase.
But Max Verstappen said: ‘Like I said last time, don’t ask me to do it again. are we clear on this? I have given my reasons and I stand by them,” he said angrily.
Sergio Perez became angry with his teammate, forcing team principal Christian Horner to come on the team radio.
“Thank you all. Thank you,” said Sergio Perez.
Christian Horner said: ‘Sorry, Czech. I will report everything later ”.
“Everything is ok. His true nature has come out,” Sergio Pérez replied sarcastically.
“I don’t know what to say, Czech,” added Sergio Perez’s track engineer Hugh Byrd.
Sergio Perez is fighting for second place in the drivers’ standings, but due to Max Verstappen not relinquishing his position, he has dropped to third place behind Charles Leclerc.
Category: F1 / Sergio Perez / Red Bull / Brazilian F1 Grand Prix / Max Verstappen
