Did Sergio Perez cost teammate Max Verstappen in qualifying for F1 Monaco GP?
Qualifying ended꧟ in dramatic fashion as Perez slammed into the barriers at Portier and was collected by Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, leading to a traffic jam blockage that resulted in Q3 ending prematurely under𒈔 a red flag.
The incident prevented several drivers from improving their 🍨positions, including reigning world champion Verstappen, who ended up only fourth and behind his teammate. ꦍ;
While Perez appeared to hold the edge over Verstappen throughout qualifying, the Dutchman believes he w🦩as improving enough on his final run of Q3 to leapfrog his teammate and challenge for the front row of the grid, though he conceded pole position was always out of reach.
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“So far it has been a bi🅘t tricky for me the whole weekend and of course qualifying in Q3 you want to go all out, it was getting a bit better,” Verstappen said.
“I do think that last run, I opted to do a bit of a different strategy to the cars around me, was actually quite good. I was on a good lap until I g🧜ot to that corner and ther﷽e was a bit of a traffic jam.
— Formula 1 (@F1)Horner: Perez didn't cost Verstappen F1 Monaco GP pole
Red Bull team principal Christian ꧑Horner denied the suggestion that Perez’s crash cost Verstappen the chance of pole.
"I don't think that pole was on,” he said. “Charles was mighty. Congrats to him becaus𒊎e we couldn't do that time.
“It was a shame because both of our drivers could have improved. Max was up. We are disappointed not to be🍨 on the front row.”
Verstappen cut a frustrated figure after qualifying a🌸nd complained over team radio after aborting his lap: “This shouldn’t be allowed. Otherwise it’s just better 🅷to do your lap and then just bin it into the wall.”
Horner saiꦿd he cou𝓀ld totally understand his star driver’s feelings.
"There is nothing more fꦑrustrating t🎶han not finishing,” Horner said. "It is unfortunate."
And Horner is still hopeful Red Bull can challenge for victory at the Principality,🌱 despite main rival Ferrari locking out the front row.
“We won't give anything to anybody,” he added. “We will♕ fight as hard as we can. Weather, Safety Cars? A lot can happen."
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