The under-pressure Perez suffered a heartbreaking exit to his home race after c🗹oming to blows with Ferrari’s C﷽harles Leclerc at the first corner of Sunday’s grand prix. 

Loไoking to capitalise on a rapid getaway off the line, Perez attacked Leclerc and Verstappen by attempting to sweep around the outside of the pair a✱s they ran three-wide into Turn 1. 

But Perez tangled with💯 Leclerc’s front-left wheel, sending his Red Bull briefly airborne and flying off the circuit. He managed to recover to the pits but was forced to retire with his car heavily damaged.ꦕ 

Perez ad൩mitted with hindsight that he could have backed out of the move but insisted he “just wanted to give it all” in his failed bid to snatch the lead of the race. 

“I mean, I understand because it’s his h💞ome Grand Prix,” Verstappen said in the post-race press conference. “You want to be on the podium, I fully understand that.

𒁏“He went around the outside, and he tried. Looking at the footage, I think he could have left a little bit꧋ more space, but at the other end if it would have worked, you know, you look amazing. 

“And of course, ꦛI think i🌸t’s just more like that excitement of wanting to be on the podium and this time it didn’t work out, unfortunately.

“At the time, I didn’t really see a lot. At one point, I just saw that a car was a bit flying in the💖 air, but then I saw the footage after the race and then you can comment on it. 

“But while drivin𒁏g it’s a bit hard because I was mainly focusing on Charles, because I couldn’t see what🦋 was happening on the outside.”

Perez was forced to watch on 𓆉from the garage as Verstappen cruised to a record-breaking 16th victory from 19 races this season. 

Mercedes’ 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton claimed second place to cut the gap to Perez in the championship down to just 20 points🦹 with three rounds remaining.