Carlos Sainz And Czech Perez. Checo Perez and Carlos Sainz. Everyone is talking about it afterwards Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Neither the Oscar Piastri’s victorynor the The Return of Lando Norrisnor the superb performance from Fernando Alonso to finish sixth, they turned the spotlight on the accident between the Spaniard and the Mexican.
It all happened with two laps to go. Sainz had just passed Perez in the first corner and was going after Leclerc in the second. But the Monegasque left him with no space and made him start slowly, so the Mexican equalised.
At that moment, Checo’s right front wheel collided with Carlos’ left rear wheel and They both found themselves against the wall. “What an idiot! Is this guy crazy or what?“, the Mexican shouted on the radio after the impact.
Christian HornerRed Bull team principal, shares his driver’s opinion, but with softer words, and blames Carlos Sainz, whom he considers responsible for the accident.
“I saw the replay and, if you look at the wall, which is the reference on the right, Carlos moves to Checo, and that ends his career“It’s costing us a lot of money because of Checo, because of the damage costs and because of the constructors’ championship,” Horner explained in statements to ‘DAZN’.
This vision collides head-on with that of its counterpart at Ferrari, Fred Vasseurwho assures that Checo Perez is responsible: “I just reviewed the incident quickly and it is too early to form a clear opinion. They were side by side and both wanted to keep Charles’ wake in front of them. And you can probably say that Checo had space on the left and Carlos had no space on the right with the wall.”
However, the stewards, after calling both drivers to testify, decided not to sanction either Checo Perez or Carlos Sainz, arguing that it was a racing incident.
