Checo apologized to Red Bull team members for mistakes at Imola
Sergio Checo Pérez accepted his failures in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, where he started in second place and finished without points to finish in twelfth place.
After crossing the finish line at Imola, the Red Bull driver was strong with his performance. – I drove like an idiot.
Checo Pérez’s mistakes ended up affecting the Austrian team, as they had the opportunity to occupy the first place in the constructors’ world championship, but their failure made his team add only 25 points due to the victory of Max Verstappen.
Checo Pérez made a major mistake in lap 38 when he went off the track at the corner of Gilles Villeneuve, causing him to fall to fourteenth place.
Checo Pérez could not enter the points and, in his attempt to enter the top 10, he could only overtake Sebastian Vettel and was 600 tenths of a point behind Fernando Alonso.
“I’m sorry guys, I drove like an idiot today. I apologize, “he said.
“I’m really sorry. Excuse me guys. My big apologies “, added Checo Pérez while crossing the finish line.
Checo Pérez’s work caused him to suffer a drastic fall in the world drivers’ championship, descending from the fifth to the eighth position, with only 10 units.
“I think the conditions were very difficult. I touched the wet part of the track and it was my mistake. The positive is that we will come back stronger, we will continue to work as a team and I am very sorry for the team.
The leader of the competition is Lewis Hamilton, who took the extra point at Imola and reached 44 points. With one unit less is Pérez’s partner, Max Verstappen.
Third place is Lando Norris, who climbed the podium and reached 27 units, while Charles Leclerc climbed to fourth place with 12 units.
Sergio Pérez will have to wash the bad image he gave this weekend at the next Grand Circus event, when they will visit Portugal and compete on May 2 at the Portimao Grand Prix.