Red Bull relied heavily on Sergio Perez in Brazil, but he evidently made the calculations on the basis of Mexico, when the home driver had even forced Lewis Hamilton on the defensive. Interlagos was a different story, since the beginning of the weekend and despite the disqualification of the seven-time world champion on Saturday due to irregularities in the DRS system. Brazil recounted the overwhelming superiority of Mercedes at least in terms of engines, with the W12 flying on the two long straights, unlike a much more conservative Red Bull. And Perez himself paid the consequences first, failing to stem Hamilton’s excessive power, to the point of asking the garage to slow Max Verstappen to allow him to have the DRS.
The Mexican responded to Hamilton for the first time, but in the second attack he had to raise the white flag against what he calls a car from another planet. Then, bad luck and the readiness of the Mercedes garage did the rest, making him lose the podium to Valtteri’s advantage. Bottas, which used a Virtual Safety Car: “Lewis and I were close, it was fun. But I’m not here to have fun, but to bring results. I tried my best but I was pretty unlucky“Said the Mexican a Sky Sport F1. “I couldn’t keep up with Hamilton because he was flying, but then the Virtual Safety Car came when I was about to catch Bottas and I was unlucky. Luck was not with us in the race. But there are still three races left and everything is still in play. Surprised by Mercedes? Yes, their straight-line speed is incredible, we absolutely cannot match it. In Brazil they were from another planet“.
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