In the round-up: Sergio Perez says that he and Red Bull made a step backwards between the first two sprint qualifying sessions After failing to reach the final stage of sprint qualifying when eliminated in 11th, Red Bull driver Sergio Perez said changing settings between sessions contributed to his early exit. “Very, very frustrating,” Perez told the official F1 channel. “Especially from SQ1 to SQ2, we didn’t have any progression.
If anything, we took a step back with the tyres, so that made things a lot trickier unfortunately. But it what it is at the end. Hopefully we’re able to learn quite a bit, as we did today, from the car and make sure that in qualifying we are able to put it all together.
“I think I’m struggling a bit with the ride issues in the high speed. Something we will have a look at. Our long run pace looked very promising this morning, so I think we’ve got some work to do still for the rest of the weekend, as the main target is to be strong in the race.
” Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free American karting racer Lucas Palacio took second place in this year’s WSK Super Master Series after winning several national championships in the United States last year. He will now be nurtured by Williams as he continues his karting career. “He’s an exciting young talent that has shown promise in his first few years in karting and has progressed quickly for his age,” said Williams sporting director Sven Smeets.
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