Pere🐎z was knocked out in Q2 after his best lap - which was good enough to be♊ inside the top 10 - was deleted for track limits.

It capped off another disappointing qualifying display for the Mexican, who currently sits 33 points ahead of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton in the race for P2 in the championship.

Despite another poor display, Horner defended Perez, stating that they’d still be leading the drivers’ championship even if 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen wasn’t at the team.

“I mean w♏e’d still be leading the world championship with Checo if we didn’t have him but obviously the delta between the two is difficult to explain at the moment,” he said.

“It's a shame🔯 for Checo - he made it into Q3 and lost the lap time. We saw the same thing with Oscar and Lando. It’s very tough. Again Max getting the job done. A t🌊ough one for Checo.”

Horner vowed to support🥂 Perez “in thඣese difficult moments”.

“I think Checo responds better to an arm around the shoulder and it’s mentally a tough game,” he added. “All sport, all top line sport is and when you’re going up against a driver like Max, with the pressure that comes with it, that pressure only intensifies. We know whﷺat he’s capable of and we know that he’s a great racer. 

“Qualifying is always his Achilles heel so we’ve just got to try and support him in these difficul✃t moments so he comes back strong tomorrow aಞnd on the race on Sunday.”

Perez lamented “so m𝓰any issues” for his latest qualifying shock🃏er.

“It was quite difficult,” he expl🌺💯ained. “We struggled a lot for balance. Basically, we had so many issues that I just couldn't feel...every corner was pretty much different. I think the conditions are very difficult. I just struggled a lot today in qualifying.

“It's not over but it will be very difficult to pass,🧸 especially with the track conditions we currently have. We will see what we are able to do and recover from there.”