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Red Bull came ‘very close’ to retiring Perez from Miami GP

by Phillip Horton
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Red Bull came ‘very close’ to retiring Perez from Miami GP

Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing RB18. Miami Grand Prix, Saturday 7th May 2022. Miami International Autodrome, Miami, Florida, USA.

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Red Bull says it came very close to retiring Sergio Perez due to a sensor issue that slowed his progress at Formula 1’s Miami Grand Prix.

Perez lost five seconds in the space of a single lap and lost a further two seconds next time around before Red Bull was able to remedy the issue.

While Perez was able to continue he outlined that the car “was never the same” and “was like 10km/h down on the straights.”

That hindered his pursuit of Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari and he wound up fourth.

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“It was very close,” said Red Bull team boss Christian Horner. “We managed to move the sensors around and address the issue.

“It’s something we’ll work closely with HRC on to try and understand and ensure that it doesn’t happen in the future.”

Horner denied suggestions that Red Bull’s RB18 is “fragile” off the back of a spate of issues that the team has suffered through the early stages of 2022.

Max Verstappen was unable to finish due to issues in Bahrain and Australia – with Perez also forced out of the season-opening race – while the reigning champion’s Friday was disrupted by a protracted gearbox change and a hydraulics problem.

“There’s just been niggly things that you normally would’ve seen in pre-season testing that have only reared their head as we’ve gone into the season,” said Horner.

“That’s been frustrating, but we’re working closely with HRC and they’re giving us great support. We’ll get those ironed out.”

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  1. Martin Elliott says:
    3 years ago

    I wonder in the new regime of FIA will apply rules ‘to the letter’, where is the current definition of “drivers must alone and unaided”.
    There is a lot from the past on what can be programmed or not into the ECU, but changing selection of sensors in use? Presumably by a secret code through the steering wheel?

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    • Silvia says:
      3 years ago

      But, even still, it’s Hamilton, Stroll and Schumarcher Jr. who always get preferential treatment.

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  2. Alfred says:
    3 years ago

    The only over-30 top-5 driver in F1, who would have ever thought it would be, Sergio Perez? Who would have ever thought it would be Sergio’s star rising, Bottas, Alonso, Ricciardo, Vettel and Hamilton, falling by the wayside to mediocrity?

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    • JP says:
      3 years ago

      The difference between Sergio, one year ago, from Sergio, circa 2022, Miami, isn’t exactly day and night. His qualifying vastly improved, over the last year, Sergio Perez is F1’s most improved driver. Perez is F1’s only over-30 driver, still improving.

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