Perez explains FP2 crash at Monza as Verstappen admits there’s ‘work to do’ at Red Bull

Sergio Perez has moved to minimize the results of his accident throughout Friday apply for the Italian Grand Prix, saying harm “doesn’t look too unhealthy” and that it mustn’t impression the rest of his weekend.

Perez was the quickest of the Purple Bulls in FP2 at Monza as he posted a lap time fast sufficient for third behind Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz and McLaren’s Lando Norris, solely to finish the session within the boundaries when he ran vast on the Curva Alboreto late on and misplaced management of his RB19.

FP2: Sainz leads Norris as Perez crashes out throughout second apply at Monza

Explaining the incident post-session, Perez mentioned: “I understeered off on the exit and tried to maintain it nailed. I believed I had it below management however then I touched a bit of bit the gravel and that was sport over.

“It doesn’t look too unhealthy the harm; it was pretty small, and I don’t suppose we misplaced something there on the finish, two laps, so nothing consultant in that regard.”

He continued: “The optimistic is that the automotive is performing effectively, I’m feeling comfy with it and I really feel that we’re in a very good place for the remainder of the weekend. I actually felt that we had a really sturdy Friday.

“This has been one of the best Friday shortly for us. We’ve been working actually onerous, I feel we’ve discovered some optimistic steps within the automotive, so hopefully we will present it tomorrow and Sunday.”

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On the opposite aspect of the Purple Bull storage, Max Verstappen posted solely the fifth quickest time after the reigning double world champion bought caught out by visitors throughout his gentle tyre run.

“We’ve been making an attempt a number of totally different wing ranges and I feel we nonetheless must analyse a bit what technique to go,” he mentioned afterwards. “It’s generally a little bit of a difficult factor round Monza.

“From my aspect, it most likely may have been a bit of bit higher, so nonetheless fine-tuning a bit the low-speed to the high-speed, however I’m fairly assured after all that we’ll get there. Additionally, I used to be a bit interrupted in FP2 to get a correct learn on a number of issues, [so there’s] nonetheless a bit of labor to do.

“I feel the working typically was okay, however within the quick run I used to be blocked a bit in sector two, then in the long term we didn’t actually get to do quite a lot of laps, so that you don’t actually get a good suggestion on it. On the finish of the day, in the long term, that’s the identical for everybody.”

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As for the potential pecking order when the occasion unfolds, Verstappen added: “We’ll have to attend and see till everybody ramps up their engines as effectively. I feel from our aspect after all we will do a greater job however it’s not been the tip of the world as effectively.”

Verstappen and Purple Bull head into the weekend aiming to increase their respective successful runs, with the Dutchman going for a record-breaking 10 victories on the bounce and the workforce going for 14 in a row together with final 12 months’s season finale in Abu Dhabi.