Sergio Perez has admitted he has endured a poor 12 months as he prepares for his residence grand prix this weekend in Mexico Metropolis.
The Crimson Bull driver sits seven locations and 204 factors behind workforce mate Max Verstappen within the championship standings. Crimson Bull misplaced the lead of the constructors’ standings to McLaren final month and are actually below stress from Ferrari.
Mexico’s most profitable driver in historical past heads into his residence grand prix having failed to attain a podium end because the fifth spherical of the championship in China. He says a superb efficiency in Mexico will assist him to really feel higher about how his 2024 has gone to date.
“I do know I’ve had a horrible season, a really troublesome one,” Perez admitted. “It began very well, but it surely’s been actually, actually troublesome.
“For me, if I get a robust consequence, it will probably undoubtedly change my season massively when it comes to private emotions. So I’m actually up for it.”
Perez has completed on the rostrum at his residence race twice earlier than, in 2021 and 2022, each as a Crimson Bull driver. He says he’s wanting to return and convey pleasure to his residence followers this weekend.
“I feel that second will stick with me ceaselessly,” he mentioned, “having my son up there with me on the rostrum, watching me. It’s one thing that I hope he remembers ceaselessly. If not, I’ll have the image not less than to indicate him when he’s older, you recognize. And people moments, I feel, are those that actually matter to me. And I hope I can repeat that one this weekend.”
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Crimson Bull appeared to have misplaced floor to their rivals in latest months earlier than final weekend in america the place Verstappen gained the dash race and was in rivalry for the race victory. Perez says his type as a driver has mirrored that of his workforce over the second half of the season to date.
“I really feel that I’m in the identical boat because the workforce,” he mentioned. “We’re working in direction of fixing it. We discovered an enormous challenge in Monza. So after Monza, we thought we had been discovering instructions. We’re on target.
“I feel that is System 1. Generally the outcomes are usually not coming, and also you simply need to be sure you hold your head down, you concentrate on the stuff that you may management, and the remaining is one thing that you simply can’t get bothered with.”
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