Wednesday, December 25, 2024

“Scary to see what McLaren can do” in Dutch GP

Sergio Perez admitted he was involved by the formidable tempo McLaren confirmed within the Dutch Grand Prix.

Lando Norris beat Perez’s group mate Max Verstappen to victory by 22 seconds. Perez completed fourth, nearly 40 seconds behind the race winner.

“I feel when it comes to weekend development it has been a stable one,” Perez informed the official F1 channel. “However I’m simply very disenchanted with the tempo we had at the moment within the race.

“It’s one thing we weren’t anticipating to have. I believed we have been going to be so much nearer to the McLaren. Ferrari was a large shock and clearly McLaren. So loads of stuff to know.”

Perez revealed Crimson Bull ran totally different set-ups between their two automobiles in a bid to know why the RB20 is just not performing as they imagine it ought to. He stated that offered some helpful information, however is worried by how far forward their rivals have been.

“I feel it has been a constructive weekend for the group as a result of we ran totally different specs between Max and myself so numerous information gathering for this weekend and hopefully very quickly we will put every part collectively in the suitable package deal.

“Monza might be a really totally different monitor once more. Nevertheless it was scary to see what McLaren can do at the moment.”

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Sixth place is Perez’s finest ending place in a grand prix since he completed fourth in Miami. He stated the knowledge Crimson Bull gathered about their automobile ought to assist them enhance their efficiency within the coming races.

“I feel that’s constructive, we discovered a nicer answer inside the automobile,” he stated. “And I feel understanding the problem has helped as a result of we all know learn how to work it out. In order that’s constructive.

“Now, the principle factor is to essentially enhance the automobile after which get again our race tempo.”

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