Red Bull boss Christian Horner has revealed a “big hole” in the sidepod of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez F1 car was the reason he was beaten by Haas’ 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nico Hulkenberg in the Austrian Grand Prix.

Perez endured ano▨ther difficult race at the Red Bull Ring as he finished seventh.

The Mexican was in a battle with Hulkenberg in the clos🌊ing laps, ultimately losing out.

Just looking at the results, it was a poor race for Perez, particularly as he was still beaten by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen, who had a puncture and time penalty following his clash with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris.

However, Horner explained that significan🧜t damage to Perez’s car resulted in a big loss in straight-line speed.

“Checo, I mean, again, it was a tricky race for him,” Horner said to media including 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:wuqian0821.com. “He ha💃d quite a significant contact on the♏ first lap.

“He had quite a big hole in the s𒈔idepod and then the loss of straight🌟-line speed that that gives you, it’s a bit like an air brake.

൩“So that’s why he was struggling on straight-line speed. So, difficult to judge Checo’s race due to the damage that 𝓡he had.”

Horner couldn’t put a figu🌜re on how much lap time Perez was 𝓀losing, describing it as “significant”.

“I don’t have the exact numbers,” Horner added.

“All I ﷺknow is he had lost a big hole, a✨nd it was being reported on the data that there was a significant loss because of it.”

Perez also lost crucial time in﷽ the race🌜 after picking up a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.

Reflecting on the race, Perez said: “There was a lot of damage on the sidepod.ꦕ I touched a bit with Piastri🌌 at Turn 4, I don’t know if it came from there.

“It was unfortunate because we had a good start, but from then on, the♕ car was just nowhere nothing I could do, I was just off balance. Al🧸so with making a mistake on going into the pit lane with the pit limiter, it was just a disaster of a race that started really well.

“But I think with just lacking soꩵ much pace out ♛there and lagging around, there was no hope for fighting people again.”