Pérez reveals "strong neck contusion" after crash in Canada qualifying

Sergio Pérez revealed that he still feels pain from the crash he suffered in qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix last Saturday (18). The driver hit the wall at turn 3 after making a mistake and had to abandon the session, besides having to live with some pain in his neck - the result of the strong impact of the RB18 with the barrier. However, the 'Czech' assured that the recovery procedure is already underway.

"It's always hard at the beginning of the week after such a bad day, but I'm fine," Perez said in an interview with Fox Sports channel. "My neck is recovering, because I suffered a strong contraction in the crash [on Saturday] that I didn't feel at the time. It was hurting a lot, but overall I'm fine, everything is fine," he said.

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Pérez said he has not been doing any other exercises at the moment, as he is focused on recovering his neck so as not to feel any major problems in the next round of the championship, the British GP scheduled for July 3. With consecutive wins in Imole, Miami, Spain, Monaco, Azerbaijan, and Canada, Red Bull will be looking for its seventh consecutive victory at Silverstone.

"At the moment I am taking care of the muscle contracture in my neck and have not been doing any other exercises," he admitted. "I'm focusing on neck therapy to be 100% at Silverstone," stressed the Mexican driver, second in the Drivers' World Championship at the moment.

Finally, addressing how he prepares his body for the demands of a Formula One race, Pérez explained that the exercises vary according to the driver's body condition - who may need to do strength or endurance training, for example.

"Every race is different, because your body is in different states all the time," he explained. "At some times, you need to do more cardio, strength or endurance. So you always work on different things. In some weeks, it's a recovery that regenerates a lot," he closed.