Sergio Perez (Red Bull Racing) finished the qualifying for the 2022 F1 Round 8 Azerbaijan Grand Prix in 2nd place. He said he had sacrificed time in “miscommunication” after refueling troubles.
Sergio Perez set the time significantly in the final attack of qualifying Q3, but finished the qualifying in 2nd place, 0.282 seconds behind the pole position Charles Leclerc (Ferrari).
Sergio Perez said he was in a hurry due to a problem with the car in the Q3 qualifying attack and was unable to get a toe due to the sequence being out of sync with the other cars.
“I need to talk to everyone. I think the car didn’t turn on and I didn’t communicate well. I lost too much time and everything was a little hectic. I had a hard time getting to the lap,” Sergio said.・ Perez told the press after the qualifying session.
“Looking back … I think the 0.3 second gain was too big. In reality, I think I couldn’t reach the pole today, but maybe I’m a little closer. Here, especially on the back straight, before. Without the toe from the car, I think it would be a significant sacrifice. “
“I can tell by looking at Delta that I’m losing lap time there. I’ve basically lost a lot of time on every straight, but I’m second and I can still race from there. Tomorrow’s race It should be strong, and I hope we can continue to put pressure on Charles (Leclerc). “
The Red Bull Racing pre-less release also revealed that the car’s problem was refueling.
“Sometimes I pushed to the limit to significantly improve my lap times, but unfortunately I couldn’t get the most out of it,” said Sergio Perez.
“I had a bit of a problem refueling my car in Q3 and the sequence on the final lap went crazy, but I think the 0.3 second gap with Ferrari is still too big to fill.”
“Still, I’m still in the front row, especially here is a long race where something can happen. There are both cars between Ferraris. This is good.”
“Tomorrow we will work as a team to afflict Ferrari. Ideally we will get 1-2. We will push them hard.”
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