News Details

Perez: Racing Point handed podium to Ricciardo

Racing Point’s Sergio Perez is ruing a painful result at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, stating the team “handed” Daniel Ricciardo a podium result at Imola. Perez, who had worked his way to the head of the midfield by extending his opening stint, was called in for fresh Soft tyres after Max Verstappen retired. However Ricciardo, as well as Charles Leclerc and Alexander Albon, stayed out on their Hard tyres to claim track position, and subsequently jumped Perez. The Mexican was overtaken by Daniil Kvyat at the restart but managed to get past Albon and cross the line in sixth place. “Looking at it, it didn’t make sense at the time,” Perez said of his pit-stop. “The call was...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Bottas on why soft tyre request was turned down

Valtteri Bottas has said it was 'too early' to switch to soft tyres after...
4y ago from PlanetF1.com

Mercedes dismissed Bottas strategy call to avoid race...

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has stated Valtteri Bottas' call for...
4y ago from GPFans.com

P6 ‘doesn’t taste good’ after leading race –...

McLaren’s Carlos Sainz admits his sixth place result at the Portuguese...
4y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Verstappen explains to Hamilton why he didn't start on...

Lewis Hamilton didn't understand why Max Verstappen started on the soft...
4y ago from GPBlog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

LCR boss reveals Honda is ‘more determined than...

LCR team owner Lucio Cecchinello has revealed that Honda is "more...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Francesco Bagnaia explains ‘weak point' that...

Factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagania explained his "weak...

Yamaha officially begins testing of V4 MotoGP engine

Yamaha technical director Max Bartolini has confirmed the MotoGP factory...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Arrow McLaren unveils new themed liveries for Indy 500

Arrow McLaren has unveiled a trio of special liveries for the upcoming...

IndyCar outlines replacement driver rules for Indy 500

The NTT IndyCar Series has released updated guidelines that will be...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Report: Arsenal register interest in 'quality' PL star...

Arsenal have reportedly registered an interest in the potential transfer...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Revealed: Arsenal & Liverpool still want 80m star...

Arsenal and Liverpool are understood to still be keen on a potential...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Palace preview: A tale of two semis?

Morning. It's Crystal Palace at home this evening, and as I wrote...
1h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.