The Mexican 𒁃could only qualify eighth on thꦿe grid in Barcelona, nearly a second off the pace of Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen, who was second to Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes.

Perez was one of the few drivers who managed to improve on his second run of Q3 after a spin during his first flying lap left♌ him without a time at the bottom of the top-10 order.

After qualifying, Perez revealed that he had been struggling throughoutཧ qualifying with ꦫshoulder discomfort.

“I didn’t felt 🌞100% with myself today,” Perez explained.

“I had a bit of an issue with my shoulder t👍hr𒊎ough qualifying and was feeling bad all the way through it. I’ve spoken to the team and we reviewed everything and we should be back to 100% tomorrow.

“It was just getting worse and worse as t🔴he quali developed and I struggled a bit mo🅰re with it, but yeah, as I said, should be fine for tomorrow.

“I don’t think it is something I’ve done with the car,🦂” he added. “We don’t know 10🌃0% what it is but we’re really confident we can be back to form for tomorrow.”

Perez described his Spanish Grand Prix qu👍alifying as his “toughest” day yet for Red Bull this season.

"It was just a bad day,” he added. “I didn’t get a gಞo𝕴od lap throughout the day.

“Q1 was looking alright but we ju💯st didn’t make any🅷 progress after that. But I wasn’t 100%, so it was hard to get the best out of the car in qualifying.

“Not f🎃eeling 100% physically was a big limitation.”