News Details

Perez: Unlucky with the timing of the virtual safety car

Sergio Perez lamented the bad timing of the Virtual Safety Car during the 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, as he had to settle for second behind Max Verstappen. Perez looked to be on his way to beat his Verstappen for a second race in a row, as he outqualified him on Saturday, and out dragged him as well as Charles Leclerc off the line at the start of Sunday's race. But after that, the 2021 Formula 1 Champion out his foot down, overtaking the Mexican on track, and as Leclerc retires, he went on to win the race with authority, by a commanding gap of over 20 seconds. Perez put his lack of pace around Baku down to excessive tyre degradation, which along with a badly timed Virtual Safety Car meant...
Full Story »
2y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Azerbaijan Grand Prix: Ferrari versus Red Bull for P1

The stage for the 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix is set, top billing is the...
2y ago from GrandPrix247.com

‘I would be careful': Ralf Schumacher warns Haas...

Not for the first-time this season, former driver Ralf Schumacher has...
2y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

‘That was supposed to be mega?' Norris questions...

Lando Norris was somewhat frustrated after last weekend's Monaco Grand...
2y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Azerbaijan Grand Prix expected to be a full house

The promoter of Formula 1‘s Azerbaijan Grand Prix is expecting...
2y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Honda MotoGP Luca Marini suffers major injury in...

Honda HRC Castrol MotoGP rider Luca Marini sustained major injuries...

‘Major acceleration' in talks between Toprak...

Reports state that there has been a "major acceleration" in...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Pedro Acosta: Silverstone MotoGP ‘a race of...

Pedro Acosta's patience is wearing thin with the KTM MotoGP project after...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Veteran engineer Michael Cannon returns to Dale Coyne...

Dale Coyne Racing has announced that it has re-hired expert engineer...

Three drivers lose Indy 500 finishing positions after...

The NTT IndyCar Series has penalized three drivers following the...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal to 'make a move' for Premier League striker as...

Arsenal will look to strengthen their forward line in the summer transfer...
4h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Manchester United update as club in 'pole position'...

Manchester United will need to make several additions if they are to climb...
4h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Latest transfer news and rumours: Jorginho leaves...

Sports Mole rounds up the latest transfer news and rumours, including...
10h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Report: Christopher Vivell watched 70m-rated Arsenal...

Manchester United are interested in signing Benjamin Sesko from German...
7h ago from CaughtOffside.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.