With the first position registered at the end of qualifying, Sergio Perez set the record for the driver with the most grand prizes behind him before experiencing the joy of pole position, which reached the 217th race weekend of his long career. A satisfaction deserved by the Mexican, who gradually seems to integrate better and better with the Red Bull team, so much so that yesterday he inflicted a gap of 261 thousandths on a speed specialist, like his teammate Max Verstappen. Sergio Perez will try to take his first victory with the Anglo-Austrian team, but he knows well that he will have to watch over his shoulder from the onslaught of the two Ferraris.
Sergio Perez (1st, Red Bull): “First of all I must say ‘well done’ to the whole team. We had a difficult weekend in Bahrain where we lost both cars. But the team lowered their heads and kept pushing. We didn’t feel that strong in qualifying compared to the race, so being on pole is a great sign. Qualifying was not easy due to the long stop generated by the red flag. It is not easy to stay focused with an hour off. But I am aware that I could have done another thousand laps, without being able to improve the one who guaranteed me pole. But if you take pole in Jeddah, you can take it anywhere because we are talking about the most complicated track to take pole, which requires a tremendous level of precision. I think the track is the most dangerous on the calendar. In general we focused more on race pace than qualifying. I expect the two Ferraris to be very strong again, but I hope for our excellent race ”.
Finally a nice curtain with Carlos Sainz:
Interviewer: “Checo, during the suspension hour the two Ferrari drivers remained in the car, you didn’t. What have you done?”
Perez: “I went out and …”
Sainz: “… a couple of shots of tequila and pole position! “
Perez: “… a couple of shots of tequila got me on pole!”
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