Sergio Perez gave a withering verdict of Liam Lawson’s driving following the pair’s conflict within the Mexican Grand Prix.
The pair tangled on lap 18 whereas combating over tenth place. Perez accused his rival of repeatedly forcing him off-track, although the stewards dominated Lawson defended his place legally.
The second ended Perez’s probabilities of recovering a factors end after beginning his residence race from 18th on the grid. He picked up injury within the incident which slowed his progress over the remainder of the afternoon.
The pair crossed paths once more later within the race after Lawson made his first pit cease and rejoined behind the Crimson Bull. This time there was no collision, however Lawson accused Perez of intentionally slowing him down to carry him up.
“Mate he’s blocking me on objective,” Lawson advised his race engineer Pierre Hamelin. Perez’s lap time and telemetry from this level within the race counsel Lawson was proper.
Perez couldn’t assist however lose time at flip one as he was overtaken by Lance Stroll. However the Aston Martin driver pulled away from him at a surprisingly quick fee.
The Crimson Bull driver slowed earlier for flip 4 and Lawson closed in. On the double-right flip six Perez once more introduced his minimal pace down decrease than traditional, altering right down to second gear as an alternative of his traditional third.
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Lawson swarmed over him as they accelerated to show seven, starting a sequence of corners by which Lawson had no probability to move. Perez eased off the throttle right here greater than the earlier lap however ensured he had an excellent run on the straight to show 12 to out-run Lawson: This was the one level he gained time in comparison with the lap earlier than.
By way of the stadium part Perez once more introduced his minimal pace down considerably decrease than he did on the previous and succeeding laps. He accomplished lap 40 in 1’25.538, nearly two seconds slower than his earlier lap and 1.2s slower than he can be on the subsequent.
Lawson simply handed Perez utilizing DRS as they started lap 41, taking care to protect towards a retaliatory lunge up the within of flip one. Perez quickly headed again to the pits for his second pit cease of the day.
The delay proved pricey for Lawson. His tyres had been 13 laps newer than Stroll’s and the delay behind Perez value him the possibility to get instantly onto the Aston Martin driver’s tail. That meant he missed the possibility to move Stroll earlier than the leaders caught them and he needed to decelerate for blue flags.
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The upshot for Lawson was that as an alternative of getting the possibility to select off Stroll shortly and chase after Pierre Gasly for the ultimate level, he received dragged right into a struggle with Franco Colapinto behind, by which he sustained injury which ruined his race. If Perez hoped to provide Lawson some payback, he succeeded.
Perez and Lawson’s radio messages
| Lap: 38/71 PER: 1’23.740, LAW: 1’23.736 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Perez | Haven’t any grip. The entrance axle is totally lifeless. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fowl | You’re not the one one complaining of a scarcity of entrance grip. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 39/71 PER: 1’23.586, LAW: 1’26.308 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fowl | Let’s have a look at torque seven, torque seven. Be near Piastri, he’s simply boxing this lap. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 40/71 PER: 1’25.538, LAW: 1’43.850 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fowl | Stroll passes Perez into flip one Your battery is sweet. Lawson rising from the pit lane. |
Hamelin | Preventing Stroll, pit exit. Press and maintain overtake. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stallard | There’s 31 laps left. We don’t want a delicate introduction. Let’s go. | Hamelin | Lawson emerges behind Stroll and Perez Okay Liam let’s go get some overtakes now. |
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| Lawson | Copy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lawson | Lawson follows Perez by way of the stadium part Mate he’s blocking me on objective. |
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| Lap: 41/71 PER: 1’24.347, LAW: 1’21.503 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fowl | Lawson at 0.2. | Hamelin | Copy that. Simply use the tempo. Let’s get again within the rhythm. Subsequent job Colapinto. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fowl | Ideas on the flap angle? | Hamelin | Okay good job, let’s use the tempo. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Perez | Yeah, let’s go up. Let’s go up two clicks. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 42/71 PER: 1’23.677, LAW: 1’22.259 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hamelin | Colapinto 22.8. Stroll two forward. One after the other. Let’s get again in there. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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