It was another difficult weekend for Perez, who only fi🤪nished fourth in Barcelona.

Perez was knocked out in Q2, while Red Bull teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen dominated the race from pole position.

Rosberg - who was working as a pund💮it for Sky Sports in the UK - put ওthe following question to Horner about Perez’s performance.

"You were🙈 just saying he did a good race but I thought it was quite a lack ಞof performance, especially during the early part of the race," Rosberg questioned.

"Isn't that true? I mean, comparing to Max there w﷽ere some🅠 laps where there was quite a gap."

In response, Horner pointed out that Rosberg is a “criticial kind of guy” since retiring from F1 at the end of 2016.

“You're a critical kind of guy, aren't you? You're tough on these guys. Now you're out of the car you have to criticise all the guys♈.

“I think that he [Perez] lost out in the early laps and didn't have a great start. George managed to get away with running off the track and not getting any penalty for that and I thinkဣ that was the differeꦫnce at the end of the day.

“Checo's race was꧂ getting stronger and stronger and that last stint in particular, he was really coming back very strong, but just not enough laps to fight for the pod𒀰ium.”

Perez now sits 53 points behindಞ Verstappen after seven races.

Horner believes the wideꩲning gap in the champi🌺onship should alleviate the pressure for Perez.

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“I thin꧂k if you look 🤪at the points now, there’s a big split between the two of them,” Horner explained.

“If anything, that should take the pressure off him. Hꦐe has nothing to lose now and he just needs to relax, he can breathe out and jꩵust drive like we know he’s capable of, like he did in Azerbaijan and some of the early races this year. 

“I think today🌳 was a good recove🧜ry from him and it will give him confidence as we head to Montreal.”