Sergio Perez shrugs off “fairly small” FP2 crash at Italian GP: “Best Friday in a while”
Perez enjoyed an encouraging day at Monza, finishing third-fastest behind 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris in FP2.
It’s a rare occasion that Perez was ahead of teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen 🧸as he goes in search of his first pole position since Miami.
Perez lost control of his RB19 at the final corner in the final 10 minutes of FP2, r🐬unning wide into the gravel before spinning.
Despite his late s𒁏hunt, Perez is🌺 optimistic about his chances.
“I unde꧟rsteered off on the exit and tried to keep 💜it nailed,” Perez said. “I thought I had it under control, but then I just touch a little bit the gravel, and that was game over.
“It doesn’t look too bad to me, the damage, the hit was fairly small. I don’t think we lost anything at the end, I think♛ two laps. So nothing representative in that regard.”
Perez was very encouraged by his level of pace pꦕrior ꦇto his crash.
“The positive is that the car is performing well. I’m feeling comfortable𒐪 with it and I think we are in a good position for the rest of the weekend. I really felt like we had a very strong Friday,” h😼e added.
“I think definitely this has been the best Frid🍨ay in a while for us.
“We’ve been working really hard. I think we’ve found some positive s🔯teps in the car so hopeful🐭ly we can show it all tomorrow and on Sunday.”
On the other hand, Verstappen feels th✱ere’s room for improvement, admitting he doesn’t have “a complete picture” ye🤪t.
"That c♒an be tricky at Monza, and I think I could have done a little better,” Verstappen explained.
"I was still fine-tuning [the car] between the low a𒀰nd high-speed corners, but I am confident that it will be fine.
"It was hard to get a good look at everything in the sec💎ond session, so we still have some work to do.
"During my fastest lap, I gꦡot held up a little bit in the second sector, and during the long run, I couldn't really do many laps, so I couldn't get a complete picture.
"But f꧒or the long runs, it was the same for everyone, and there are improvements in the pip🦹eline."
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