“Just Want to Understand…”: Sergio Perez Breaks Down Chilling In-Lap Radio to Red Bull F1 After Tainted Spanish GP

The sixth race of the 2022 season ended in favor of Red Bull with a 1-2 finish. However, it could have been Sergio Perez instead of Max Verstappen on the top step of the podium. But team strategy and orders changed the outcome for the Red Bull duo.

Max Verstappen enjoyed a victory at the Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya despite the problems with the DRS. However, Checo kept George Russell in check when Max was struggling with his car. The Mexican could have even won the race, but his team later asked to swap places with Max.

After the race, Checo talked about the race. He explains the results are excellent but difficult to accept. He even talks about the pit-stop strategy. Moreover, he believed the two-step strategy was good enough, but his team thought a three-stop had a better advantage.

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Perez reported, “Yeah, it’s a difficult one to digest. But it turn out to be that the three-stop was the better strategy, and I think I had a very optimized two-stop as well. But at the end of the day, it’s team result.”

Sergio Perez will talk to Red Bull

The gutting moment for the Mexican driver was when Red Bull asked him to hand over the race lead to his teammate. In the latter half, Perez was leading the race and could have even won. However, Max was on fresher tires, and the Milton Keynes base wanted to avoid risks. So, they asked Sergio to let Max move ahead.

Checo did follow the team’s orders and enjoyed a 1-2 finish with Max Verstappen. But he surely could have scored a P1 in the Spanish GP. Subsequently, the Mexican driver decided to have a debrief with his team about the instruction. The instructions undoubtedly made it look like Perez is the number two for the Austrian constructor.

“Well, I just want to understand. Because I felt that when I was on two-stop, I could have gone through a bit quicker and probably optimize more of my strategy, which I spent a couple of laps behind.” Sergio Perez further said, “Probably just understand a bit better what happens next.”

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The Mexican driver also stated that he would compete to win the championship. He expects he could have won the race if he wasn’t on the three-stop strategy. The next race for the Red Bull duo is the Monaco GP. Do you expect a similar incident to happen to Perez in future races?