It was certainly not the race we expected. In Mexico, Sergio Perez He was looking for redemption. The Red Bull driver's goal was to bring home an excellent result, first and foremost to be able to celebrate in front of their fans (very warm towards him as always) as well as the desire to switch off the constant rumors about his future at Red Bull.
A GP to forget
However, things didn't go exactly as planned. Perez starts fifth, behind Ricciardo (fourth) and his teammate Verstappen (third). When the traffic lights went out, the two Red Bulls got off to a great start. Perez takes it the third position, with Leclerc however remaining bottled up between the two RB19s. Arriving at Turn 1, Perez enters as if there was no tomorrow. Contact with Leclerc and mandatory collection.
Horner defends Perez after the accident in Mexico: “He tried”
A truly sad ending, especially when you think about Perez's expectations for this Grand Prix. To reassure, however, the Mexican pilot, he is the team principal of Red Bull Christian horner who, this time, defended his pilot's accident 100%: “I'm very disappointed that Checo went out at the first corner, also because he considers that he had made his best start of the season. He was able to slipstream from the three cars in front of him and therefore arrived at Turn 1 very strong. He tried to immediately take the lead in his home race, Honestly, I don't think you can blame him too much".
“If he hadn't tried he wouldn't be a pilot”
Perez is not going through an easy time, Horner knows it and hopes that Checo knows already raise their heads in view of Brazil"It's obvious – Horner admitted – that it's a difficult time for him, but he was really very motivated because he was in front of his audience. However, I have already told him that he now has to concentrate on the next race in Brazil which is already scheduled for this weekend, but I think so that it is right for a driver to try to take the lead in his home race, otherwise you wouldn't be a driver if you didn't want to win. Withdrawal? The damage to the bottom was just too much to continue".
