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Perez wants Baku crash kerb changed overnight

Sergio Perez says he wants the Baku street circuit’s Turn 8 kerb to be modified ahead of Saturday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix running after a crash in Friday’s first practice session. The Mexican crashed after taking too much kerb on the entrance to the corner, a narrow kink by the city’s castle walls, which pitched the Force India driver into the outside wall and caused significant damage to the right-hand side of his car. Jolyon Palmer also crashed at the same spot in the second session, while a number of drivers had to abort attempts to make the corner and use an escape road. Perez said drivers had voiced their concerns during the drivers’ briefing, and that FIA Formula 1 race...
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