In 2020, Sergio Perez, racing for Racing Point, climbed the grid and went from P20 to P1. Now, even though he has the fastest car, he seems to want to replicate the same. In Austria, while his teammate, Max Verstappen, got a 4th consecutive Pole position, Perez failed to get to Q3 for the 4th consecutive time. The pressure is clearly getting to him. But instead of owning up to his mistakes, he has shifted the blame to an ex-Red Bull driver.
The Mexican racer has been finding unique ways to not get to Q3. It’s almost as if he is a part of some elaborate prank that is being played on Red Bull. To defend his unique methods of failed performances, he has come up with unique “excuses”. Unfortunately, this time, Williams’ Alex Albon has gotten caught in the middle of it.
🗣️ | Checo says that the 'system is wrong' as he blames his Q2 elimination on being impeded by Albon
"On my final lap, I found Albon and I just went straight. I think I lost a tenth or more than that just by going straight, but the stewards wouldn’t consider that I was blocked." pic.twitter.com/evntNq2zeQ
— RBR Daily (@RBR_Daily) June 30, 2023
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In Q2, Sergio Perez set 3 flying laps. And in all 3 laps, he exceeded track limits out of turn 10. As a result of which, he was eliminated in Q2 once again. And he had his reasons ready to defend himself. Perez said after the session, “On my final lap, I found Albon and I just went straight. I think I lost a tenth or more than that just by going straight, but the stewards wouldn’t consider that I was blocked.”
As a racer driving for the best team on the grid, if you give ridiculous reasons for not performing, you are bound to get ridiculed. In this case, ridiculous might even be an understatement because all fans could see that Albon had absolutely nothing to do with Perez’s failure.
Twitteratis had a ball in the comments section after this piece of news showed up on their feed.
Fans Ridicule Sergio Perez as He Blames Alex Albon for His Mistakes
Within the span of 8 races, Sergio Perez has gone from being one of the best to bad to worse. To maintain that balance, Verstappen has gone from being one of the championship contenders to the sole one. In Q2 in Spielberg, Perez had 3 opportunities to set a decent time, without exceeding track limits. But he could not do so because of his own mistakes. And he decided to blame Alex Albon for impeding him on one of his flying laps.
What fans found funny was that Albon was the driver who Perez replaced at Red Bull. After that, the fans left no stone unturned in reminding him of his mistakes and responsibilities.
Fourth time in a row lmao have some shame…
— ♥ (@eternaltannies) June 30, 2023
Albon made him mess up all three laps?? 😂 he’s starting to panic
— HOS F1 Podcast (@HardorSoftF1) June 30, 2023
Checo is one lore Q2 elimination away from flipping burgers unfortunately https://t.co/DHLAzhkj7J
— ᴅᴏɴ Tᴇɴᴄʜɪ 🇿🇼 (@_T7NCHI) July 1, 2023
Bro has lost the plot 😅
The pressure is getting to him and he knows he’s in trouble 👀#F1 #AustrianGP #f1twt https://t.co/9U8CnFjrIb
— FwdSlashF1 | AUSTRIA GP 🇦🇹 (@FwdSlashF1) June 30, 2023
imagine blaming a driver in a WILLIAMS while u're in a redbull, bro pls https://t.co/H9kQrMRZbz
— mimz⁷🐝 (@cherrysphoria) June 30, 2023
Assuming his preposterous excuse actually happened (didn't, Albon never blocked him), what about his previous 2 Q2 flying laps? Does third tier driver "king of silly excuses" Checo Pérez has an excuse for those too?
Pfft.
— Esteban Vega (@esvegateban) June 30, 2023
Imagine being beaten in Qualifying THREE TIMES out of the last four races by the guy you replaced… IN A WILLIAMS😭🙏🏻 https://t.co/KVmK12MEWb
— leo🐋 P7!!! (@albonscar) June 30, 2023
can‘t believe alex held a gun to his head and made him cross track limits on every single one of his laps that‘s crazy https://t.co/fbYlGPT99H
— michelle (@aalbons) June 30, 2023
— Jim Is Here To Take Care of Him (@RoastHimJim) June 30, 2023
This is why Slowgio Midrez is the worst driver on the grid pic.twitter.com/gIs2gfIWTY
— Revan (@DSRevan41) June 30, 2023
His race engineer told him 5 times that a banker lap is enough to advance. If he doesn't manage to stay within the track limits on three fast laps, then I don't know any more.
— CRSC (@CRSC26546327) June 30, 2023
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Only one fan’s supportive tweet stood out among all the negativity. And maybe this is what Perez should focus on instead of looking at different avenues to channel his frustration.
At least Sergio showed glimpses of near Max matching speed, which gives hope that all is not completely lost with him…
— Obez (@obez2012) July 1, 2023
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In Canada, Perez blamed the RB19 for being a bit slow. But despite being fast in Austria, he found a way to never see the track in Q3. On one hand, Verstappen has been extracting every nanosecond of pace from the car. On the other hand, Perez is finding ways to extract himself from his Red Bull seat. His fans can only hope that he makes a strong comeback in the race.
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