In the appointment with their home race, the Red Bull failed in its goal of establishing itself in the Austrian Grand Prix: while Max Verstappen had to settle for 2nd place, while gradually decreasing the delay from the winner Charles Leclerc in the final stages, worse still went to his teammate Sergio Perez. The Mexican, involved in a close fight with George Russell at the start, he ended up off the track at turn 4 following a contact with the British Mercedes.
Despite having resumed the path of the pits, Checo had to subsequently withdraw for the damage suffered, providing the first, involuntary disappointment to the fans present in the stands of the Red Bull Ring. At the end of the race, the 32-year-old was able to provide his own version of the facts about the incident, not hiding a certain opposition to the maneuver carried out by the number 63 during the first lap, and which cost him a five-second penalty. inflicted by the commissioners.
In addition to explaining the accident, Perez accused Russell of having made a mistake at the corner, admitting a certain general regret even for what were good premises provided by the car on the eve of this GP: “It is a real shame for us what happened in today’s race – number 11 declared – on the outside I had the distinct feeling that we have done everything possible to avoid the accident. It was just the first round, and it was up to George to check his carbut clearly failed to do so, and at that point we made contact when I was clearly in front of him. I am very sorry for what happened to Sainz – he added – but his retirement does not console us for the constructors’ classification. I think the car was not up to par this weekend, so there is an analysis to be done ”.
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