Sergio Perez shrugs off “fairly small” FP2 crash at Italian GP: “Best Friday in a while”
Perez enjoyed an encouraging day at Monza, finishing third-fastest behind 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris in FP2.
It’s a rare occasion that Perez was ahead of teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen asꦆ he 𒊎goes in search of his first pole position since Miami.
Perez lost control of his RB19 at the final corner in the final 10 minutes of F🎐P2, running wide into the gravel befor🔴e spinning.
Despite his late shunt, Perez is optimi♑stic about his chances.
“I understeered off on the exit and tried to kꦑeep it nailed,” Perez said. “I thought I had it under control, but then I just touch a little bit the gravel, and that was game over.
“It doesn’t look too bad to me, the damage, the hit was fairly small. I don’t think we lost anything at th💧e end, I think two laps. So nothing representative in that regard.”
Perez was very encouraged𓆏 by his level of pace prior to his crash.
“The positive is that the car is performing well. I’m feeling comওfortable with it ꧒and I think we are in a good position for the rest of the weekend. I really felt like we had a very strong Friday,” he added.
🐷“I tܫhink definitely this has been the best Friday in a while for us.
“We’ve been working really hard. I think we’ve found some po♏sitive steps in the car so hopefully we can show it all tomorrow and on Sund🧸ay.”
On the other hand, Verstappen feels there’s room for improvement, admitting he doesn’t have “a c෴omplete picture” yet.
"Thatꦚ can be tricky at Monza, and I think I could have done a little better,” Verstappen explaineജd.
"I was still fine-tuning [the car] between the lo🔯w and high-speed corners, but I am confident tha🔯t it will be fine.
"It was hard to get a good look at everything in the seco꧟nd session, so we still have so♔me work to do.
"During my fastest lap, I got held up a little bit in the second sector, and during the long run, I couldn't really d🗹o many laps, so I couldn't get a complete pictu﷽re.
"But for the long runs, it was the same for 🌃everyone, and there are improvements in the pipeline."
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