2023-06-02 16:20:59
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Red Bull spent a lot of time making changes to the car and the Mexican devoted much of the test to race pace.
Checo Pérez finished fourth in the second practice session for the Spanish Grand Prixeighth date of the season of Formula 1.
The Mexican started the first half of the session with the prototype tires, which he put to the test Pirelli, thinking about 2024. In his first laps he managed a 1:16.982 that put him in 14th position.
The Austrian team decided to leave the tires unmarked Pirelli and he fitted the medium tires for the Mexican and he made a notable improvement as he jumped up to fourth with a 1:15.524.
the one of Guadalajara was .5 tenths off the practice leader, Max Verstappen and before him he had the presence of Fernando Alonso, Carlos Sainz y Charles Leclercthe latter two using soft tires.
Red Bull came to Catalonia with new updates on the floor, same ones that were first used by Max Verstappen and later they were mounted for the second session to the RB19 of the Guadalajara.
The Mexican spent a few minutes in the middle of practice in the pits to make some changes to the car and with it look for the first places, since on the counter the Jalisco dropped to last position.
Pérez He came out with 27 minutes to go and jumped up the table on the soft tire by clocking a 1:14.219 that put him in fourth place at .312 tenths of a second. Verstappen and ahead they were Nico Hulkenberg y Fernando Alonso.
For the last minutes, the teams filled the tanks of the cars and with this began to simulate races with long runs.
The Mexican will leave this weekend in search of his second podium in the Spanish Grand Prix. His best result came in 2022 when he started in fifth position and finished in second place.
Czech he didn’t shine in the closing minutes and his full-tank race times weren’t among the best either. Despite this, he finished solidly in fourth place in a second practice that had the greatest surprise in the presence of the pilot from Haas, Hulkenberg.
It took the Mexican 11 years to get on the podium and he found himself with the Austrian team. In 2017 he was close to getting on the podium when he was participating with the team Force India (now Aston Martin).
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