AUSTIN — Saturday’s qualifying session at the USA Grand Prix was a story of “what may have been” for Sergio Pérez.
The Crimson Bull driver superior into Q3 and was sitting eighth after the primary set of push laps, however his time was subsequently deleted attributable to exceeding observe limits. Pérez then tried a second push lap, however that was reduce brief when George Russell spun into the barrier, a tough shunt that introduced an finish to qualifying.
Talking with the media, together with SB Nation, after qualifying on Saturday Pérez outlined that it was “fairly disappointing” that he didn’t get to complete that lap, as in his thoughts the tempo was there.
“Yeah, we modified the automobile rather a lot going into qualifying. I feel all the things went in the precise route. The observe, the tires have been coming to us,” started Perez. “We have been studying so much from the tires from the out laps and sadly, yeah, that Q3. I didn’t get to do a lap. It’s fairly disappointing as a result of I feel we had fairly good tempo.”
Pérez famous that the RB20 has taken a “good step in the precise route,” one thing the workforce hoped to see at the USA Grand Prix this week after some struggles over latest race weekends.
“Yeah, we as a workforce have completed a reasonably good step in the precise route.
I clearly don’t have the most recent improve, which is wanting good on Max [Verstappen’s car]. I feel the automobile is unquestionably working higher,” added Pérez. “And we have been in all probability on the improper aspect of the setup with the dash occasion. We did enhance that so much. So, yeah, issues have been wanting so much higher.
“I went P5 in Q2, so issues have been coming to us, however, yeah, it’s fairly unlucky.”
Beginning tenth on the grid, Pérez is in place to push into the factors, now he’ll have to rely in race tempo to hold the day.
“Hopefully tomorrow the race tempo will likely be there and we are able to be capable of get better,” concluded Pérez on Saturday night time in Austin.
