Not everything was happiness in Miami Grand Prixwell Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez He was close to causing a pile-up at the start of the race.
The Mexican driver started from fourth place, but was close to causing an accident where his rivals and his teammate, Max Verstappen they could have been involved.
It was the same Carlos Sainz who recognized that the maneuver of his rival, Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez completely changed the course of the race.
“Today there were two or three details that cost me the podium, I think we would have been second at the start, which was the position I was in in turn 1, before Checo threw himself like a madman, it would have been another race “, declared Carlos Sainz to Fox Sports.
“BEFORE CZECH DROPPED LIKE A CRAZY, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ANOTHER RACE” 😱
Sainz complained about Checo’s departure and says it was one of the factors why he could not fight for the podium.
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In addition to congratulating Lando Norris For his first Grand Prix in Miami, Sainz recalled a well-known phrase from Sebastian Vettel to talk about ‘Checo’s’ start to his career.
“I think everyone ran very hard today. First ‘Checo’ at the start, who, as Seb said in the old days, arrived like a torpedo and almost took us all ahead in the first corner,” said Sainz, recalling a well-known phrase from Vettel against Daniil Kvyat at the Russian GP in 2016.
Checo explains what happened in Miami
The Mexican pilot, Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez explained what was the risky maneuver he made in turn 1 of the Miami Grand Prixwhich did not finish the way he expected and sent him to fifth position.
Pérez explained that he was not able to place the medium tires in the operating range he wanted, while the hard ones from the first stop did not react as expected either.
“When we were behind all the traffic, the tires would overheat. I think that was the main cause of our complicated career. Then we tried to go with another tire trying to be more aggressive, but we were deteriorating very quickly.”
It was the same driver who admitted that he was close to taking his teammate.
“IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO GET THE TIRES UP TO TEMPERATURE” 🛞
Checo explains the main reason why he believes he was not given the race at Mimi.
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“I had a good start and Charles pushes me at the start and then he opens the space for me and I get inside, but there was no grip on the dirty racing line and we saw it yesterday with (Lewis) Hamilton when I braked I knew there was no no grip and I almost took Max, I was able to release the brake to avoid the stall, but I ended up losing position with Piastri,” he told Fox Sports Mexico.
