Czech Pérez couldn’t have had a worse Saturday so far in the Qatar Grand Prix. In the absence of qualifying (7:00 p.m.), the Mexican experienced a short circuit at the start of the sprint race of the penultimate event of the championship. World of Formula 1 this weighed him down throughout the test. After being eliminated during the SQ1, Red Bull he decided against allowing his second driver to start sixteenth and made an adjustment to the car which forced him to start from sixteenth place. pit lane.
Checo stood in front of the red light for the start of the short race while the rest of the drivers were already starting from the grid and when the light turned green he completely fell asleep. The Mexican waited incomprehensibly for a few seconds to start and when he did it was already too late. Franco Colapintowhich also came from pit lanewas smarter and overtook him on the right before even reaching the track itself.
The Argentinian did not go beyond eighteenth place in a very compressed circuit like Losailbut the Mexican finished last with the same car with which Max Verstappen He was proclaimed world champion less than a week ago Las Vegas. Checo knows he could face his final two Grands Prix with Red Bull and ridiculous performances like this show the Austrian team would be right to fire him after his disastrous year.
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The huge theft of Colapinto’s wallet from Checo Pérez in the pit lane 😱#QatarDAZNF1 🇶🇦 pic.twitter.com/IkH0HxiCRF
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