Like his teammate, Sergio Perez did not have a trouble-free Friday at Silverstone. Max Verstappen was not dissatisfied, but the Mexican was. He claims that the car is "miles away" from what the simulator showed before the weekend.
Like his teammate, Sergio Perez did not have a trouble-free Friday at Silverstone. Max Verstappen was not dissatisfied, but the Mexican was. He claims that the car is "miles away" from what the simulator showed before the weekend.
Helmut Marko also expressed his dissatisfaction with Red Bull Racing's performance on Friday. The RB18 suffered from front-end and rear-end exits and lacked grip in slow corners. Perez agrees with the Red Bull boss, saying that "it was not a good session."
Red Bull Racing is known for having a smaller window to find the best setup than its rivals, so missing TL1 makes the challenge even greater for the Austrian team. The biggest problem for Perez was that the reality didn't match the simulations, he explained according to Motorsport-Magazin.com.
"The car is miles away from the preparation we had in the simulator," says the Mexican, who believes Red Bull has work to do to understand what is happening. He also feels that the poor start on Friday means that his team is already too far behind to beat Ferrari this weekend.
But he is not giving up. He argues that his team already has a sense of where things went wrong and emphasizes that Red Bull has proven before that they can come back strong from a tough Friday. "If I can get my confidence back, then it should be okay," Perez concludes.