Sergio Perez apologises for “unacceptable” Monaco GP: “I can’t afford another zero”

Sergio Perez says he “cannot afford another zero” if he wants to keep his F1 title hopes alive following an “unacceptable” Monaco Grand Prix weekend.
Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 7, Monaco Grand Prix, Monte Carlo, Monaco, Qualifying
Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 7, Monaco Grand Prix,…

Perez endured a miserable race in Monaco as he was lapped twice by Red Bull teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen.

The Mexican’s weekend was curtailed by a shunt in Q1, leaving him f🅺orced to start from the back of th﷽e grid.

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An early pit stop looked like it was going to be a masterstroke with🐼 Perez setting a serie🌊s of fastest laps.

However, with overtaking so difficult in Monaco, Perez was una♕ble to make any furthe♛r progress.

“We paid the price for my mistake and that's been very costly," Perez said.♛ "I just hav🃏e to apologise to my whole team because it is unacceptable to have this kind of mistake.

“I have to move on, learn from i✱t, and I cannot afford another zero in th♍e championship. It was going really well. Unfortunately, I hit the traffic fairly early and that put us back to our original position. Then the rain came, we were one of the last ones to pit.

“Then I clipped the wall and it was just all a mess. I broke my front wing withꦰ Magnussen who just broke [deep] out of the chicane and it just went bad. When you are in those positions, you always have to risk a lot."

Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing RB19 and Nico Hulkenberg (GER) Haas VF-23 battle for position. Formula 1 World
Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing RB19 and Nico Hulkenberg (GER) Haas VF-23 battle for…

Team boss Christian Horner d𝐆escribed it as "one of those weekends".

“We took a really aggressive strategy. Was stopped on lap one and you could see🎉 his pace in free air and how much the others were saving. He actually got back within a pit window of Esteban Ocon, and then [Logan] Sargeant and the slow cars were starting to struggle and, of course, you can't overtake.

“Then he got involved in a kerfuffle with [George] Russell and damaged the front wing. It was just one of those weekends where nothing went his way.&n♑bsp;He had a massive save in the swimming pool, so he probably needed a new pair of underwear after that.

“It's jus🎀t been one of those weekends for hi🐽m where [he should] turn the page and I would think, for him, the sooner he can get to Barcelona, the better."

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