“We probably had a worse surprise than what it actually was in qualifying and this is I think the thing we’ve got to look at.
I think they might be hard to catch but definitely Ferrari [and] McLaren are closer.
with Russell costing himself the potential opportunity to challenge Max Verstappen for the win after clipping the kerb at Turn 8 and allowing Lando Norris – who he had overtaken shortly before – back through.
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Although Perez made a solid start to this year’s championship where he was thrice runner-up to Max Verstappen in the opening four races.