Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has described 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez’s performance at the season-opening Bahrain Gran🍷d Prix as “imp🌜eccable”.

Af🐻teꦇr qualifying fifth, Perez recovered to finish second to hand Red Bull their first 1-2 finish since the Italian Grand Prix in September.

It was a strong drive from Perez, who got past 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz at the start before overtaking 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell.

While Perez did finish over 20 seconds behind teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen, finishing behind the Dutchman should be the main obje🔯ctive if he wants to remain♔ at Red Bull in 2025.

As quoted by ♋Total Motorsport, Marko said after the race: “It wouldn’t have made any sense to push the pace. He had Sainz under control and there was no chance of moving forward.

“Perez therefore did absolutely the right thing tactically and never pushed. To put it another way, he  could have driven faster,𝓰 but there was no reason to. It was an impeccable performance.”

Per🐈ez was embroiled in a close fight with the two Ferraris and Rus🀅sell in the early phase of the race.

The Mexican felt the earlier use of DRS - with it now available to drivers after j☂ust one lap - had an impact on the racing.

“Yeah, I think starting from P5, it's always nice to make good progress,” he explai🃏ned. “There were a lot of battles on track, which around this place, you just go int🤡o a very different strategy once that happens. You are sliding a lot more in traffic.

“And I think overall, it's a very good team result. Yeah, it was quite close with the Ferraris, with the Mercs early on. We were fighting with the DRS, obviously, being a lap earlier. It just changes a few🎶 things out there.”