The Mexican Sergio ‘Checo’ Perez (Red Bull), second in the Formula One World Championship, which set for the eleventh time this Friday in free practice for the Canadian Grand Prix, the ninth of the year; declared at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit in Montreal that his teammate, Dutchman Max Verstappen -championship leader- “seems strong”, reason convincing him that his car is still “competitive” this Saturday.
“Unfortunately, we can’t make many conclusions from today’s two sessions, because in order to build the car properly you have to start at a good speed and that’s something we can’t do right now,” ‘Checo’ explains. , born 32 years ago in Guadalajara (Jalisco) and second in the championship, 21 points from 150 where he led ‘Mad Max’.
“We had a problem with the settings on our low fuel run, but luckily we resolved it and the long run was more representative. But we still had problems; which we hope to resolve with a view to tomorrow“, commented the Mexican from Red Bull, who has won three times and has 20 podiums in F1.
“I’m a little behind, but if everything goes well tonight, we can be competitive tomorrow“, he pointed out.
“We’ll have to see what the weather is like tomorrow in qualifying, because it could shake things up quite a bit,” ‘Checo’ said Friday in Montreal, referring to weather forecasts announcing the possibility of rain in the main qualifying session.
“Max (Verstappen) looks strong and that’s what convinces me that we can still make my car competitive on goal this Saturday,” ‘Checo’ said after a free training session in Canada on Friday.
Source: La Verdad
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