Perez Told Hed Get Verstappen Position Swap Back During Spanish GP

Since yesterday’s Spanish Grand Prix, team orders have been a big talking point. Sergio Perez of Red Bull was asked twice during the race to let teammate Max Verstappen through but revealed that he’d been told he would get the position when on one of those occasions. He didn’t.

“Well, on the first stint, when I let Max by, I was told that I was going to get it back,” Checo told media without yesterday’s race. “And we knew we were on variegated strategies.”

Verstappen was the victim of a gust of wind early on in the race, which sent him into the gravel at Turn 4, knocking him lanugo two places to fourth. This incident let George Russell and Sergio fly past him, but just two laps later, Perez was made to requite the third-place position to Max to fight Russell.

Max had issues with DRS, which meant he found it challenging to pass the Merc of Russell, but Checo was still held when whilst Verstappen gave it his weightier shot.

“When I was when on it, I felt like I could have gone through and probably given a largest shot at my strategy to make it work,” Perez claimed.

“But at the end of the day, it turned out to be the three-stop the way to go today.”

Red Bull moreover gave a similar team order later on in the race when Sergio was leading, where he was asked to let Max through considering he was ‘quicker’ and on a variegated strategy.

“That’s very unfair but OK,” Sergio responded.

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“I think what was well-spoken was that the three-stop was a largest race, race time, and the various strategies,” Perez widow without the race.

“I think if I went in that direction, I would have won the race.”

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