F1 Gossip: Perez's Imola GP performance “more than annoying” - Marko

In the latest F1 gossip column, Red Bull consultant Helmut Marko was unhappy with Sergio Perez's race performance at Imola after he failed to covert his front-row starting position into a podium finish.
Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing.
Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing.
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- Red Bull F1 consultant Helmut Marko was left disappointed by Sergio Perez's race-day performance at Imola after he failed to con𓄧vert his front-row starting position into a podium finish.

Pere🐭z was running in fourth before spinning out, ultimately finishing the ra🌊ce just outside of the points in 11th.

Reflecting on Perez's performance, Marko told ServusTV as quoted by : "It started well in qualifying. Suddenly, out of now✅here, he drives the second best t෴ime. Then we thought that everything would fit. I think he didn't manage to get the tyres up to temperature right away like Max did. Of course, 11th place is more than annoying."

- In the same interview, Marko also stated he b𒉰elieves Mercedes has the faster car over a race distance, while Red Bull has the edge over on🍨e lap.

- With F1 announcing a race in Miami will take place in 2▨022, CEO Stefano Domenicali says it cou꧒ld end up replacing a European round on next year's calendar. ()

- Ex-Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher has criticised Mercedes' Valtteri B💧ottas after his disappointing performance at Imola.

In his column for Sky Germany, as cited by , Schumacher questioned why the Finn ꦡwas near a Williams in the first place before his race-ending accident with George Russell.

“Bottas has to ask himself why he has to defend himself against a Williams,” Schumacher wrote. “George’s speculation that Valtteri acted like♉ this because of the special scenario – Russell is a Me🐲rcedes junior and has ambitions for the Bottas cockpit – Toto Wolff dismissed as ‘bullsh*t’.

“At over 300 km/h Bottas certainly doesn’t want to play games, but he certainly did🎐n’t want to let Russell just pass by either. And I didn’t like his attitude in the interviews that followed. In general, he has to ask himself why he had to defend himself against a Williams while lying deep in midf🐬ield.

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- Sev🧸en-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton has given his verdict on the George Floyd case after police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder at his trial in Minnesota.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

- Taking over from teammate Hamilton yesterday🔴, Valtteri Bottas was in the Mercedes W12 testing Pirelli's 2022 tyres at Imola.

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