F1 pundit Jolyon Palmer's scathing Sergio Perez verdict: ‘Forgotten his race craft with utterly hopeless move’
Perez suffered what his Red Bull team principal Christian Horner described as being a “shocker” of a Japanese Grand Prix, in which he picked up two five-second penalties and had contact with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Kevin Magnussen, before being forced to retire.
It followed another tricky weekend in Singapore, where Perez picked up a five-second penalty for wrecking ’s race, having also rammed 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Yuki Tsunoda on the first lap.
The pair of torrid outings have left the Mexican 175 points adrift of teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen in the championship and facing further scrutiny over his Red Bull future🐲.
Writing in his latest , former Renault driver Pal❀mer said the incidents, particularly a clumsy crash with Magnussen, smack of desperation.
“We’ve seen the best of Perez in wheel-to-wheel fighting, whether it was helping out his team mate in 2021 in battles with Hamilton, winning his firs⛄t Grand Prix from the back of the field in Sakhir back in 2020, or even charging back for some results in races this season, such as at Melbourne,” Palmer wrote.
“Right now though we’ve ꦬhad a couple of races where his race craft has gone completely absent and it’s causing a stir – and questions from the media and drivers alike about the appropriateness of hisꦗ penalties.
“In Singapore, Perez 🌜knocked Yuki Tsunoda into retirement on the opening lap, T-boned Albon out of the points late on and received a redundant five-second penalty that didn’t affect his posi🦂tion, while two of F1’s smaller teams were left to rue huge missed opportunities.
“Again in Japan it was a short lived recov🎶ery for Checo as he sent it into the rear of Kevin Magnussen at the Turn 11 hairpin and needlessly turned the Haas driver around, incurring another ꧟five-second penalty in the process.
“Itඣ was a move that was no doubt borne out of frustration at being in the fastest car and stuck for longer than anticipated behind Sunday’s slowest team, while being desperate to recover some ground. But it was also an utterly hopeless move for a driver who seems to have forgotten his race craft.
“Coming from behind and dangling a front wheel into the back of the car ahead is a recipe for a collision. You have no right to the inside of💎 the corner coming from that far back, without asserting yourself there on the brakes and gettꦚing significantly alongside by the time the car ahead wants to turn in to the apex.
“This latest move was un🐟like the Perez of old who has been good and committed on the brakes – but🌄 it was worryingly the same style he adopted in Singapore, which was already a talking point coming into the weekend.”
Palmer added: “I’m sure a week off now wi꧂ll do Checo some good to regroup before his Qatar clean slate, wh𝐆ere he needs to dig in to ensure second place in the championship now.”
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