“Caught Checo Sleeping”: F1 Fans In Hysterics as George Russell Hunts Slacking Sergio Perez at French GP

What a brain freeze that was!! Red Bull driver Sergio Perez was doing his best to stay in the final podium positions against a charging George Russell in the race’s final stages. But a late VSC did not work in favor of the Mexican driver.

Just when the virtual safety car period ended, that caught him and made it easy for the British driver to pass him. It was indeed a surprise to see a driver caught out by a VSC ending like that. The brain freeze moment ultimately cost Perez a P3 finish.

F1 Twitter was also shocked by the moment and took to social media to share their reactions.

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The Mexican driver was really struggling throughout the whole weekend to match the pace of his teammate. Although he did have a good qualifying and started the race from P3.

Sergio Perez was upset with his performance despite starting the race in P3

Perez called the French Grand Prix weekend the worst of his 2022 season. He called the qualifying session a good recovery looking at his weekend.

“It’s been a good recovery. I’ve been nowhere the whole weekend, to be honest, and I’ve been struggling a lot; I think probably it’s been my worst weekend up to qualifying and finally, we managed to recover well in quali,” said Perez.

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The mistake definitely cost a double podium finish for the Red Bull team in the end. It also summed up his weekend pretty nicely and showcased the lack of pace that he had. But let’s see if he has any explanation for being asleep at the VSC restart.