Carlos Sainz still expects Sergio Perez to help Red Bull get a 1-2 in Barcelona from 11th on the grid F1 SpanishGP
Carlos Sainz still expects Sergio Perez to give Red Bull a 1-2 in Formula 1’s 2023 Spanish Grand Prix, despite the Mexican starting 11th – nine places behind the Ferrari driver.’s closest challenger for pole position in qualifying at Barcelona on Saturday, where Perez was eliminated in Q2 in the second Red Bull.
Perez could not match Verstappen’s pace or confidence on the slippery track surface – doused in rain during FP3 and still greasy when Q1 got going amid spots of rain falling at the southern end of the circuit. After Perez made a trip through the Turn 5 exit gravel late in Q2, he could not rally to progress to Q3, where a final flierBut Sainz fears Red Bull’s pace in a dry Barcelona race is so superior that Perez could yet charge through the pack, as Verstappen was lapping an average of 0.539s quicker than the Ferraris on FP2 high-fuel runs.
“It will be still tough to get [second in the race],” Sainz told in the post-qualifying press conference. “Especially with Checo coming from P11 with a Red Bull. “I think as soon as I get back to the engineers, they will tell me that the simulation suggests that the Red Bulls should still finish ahead of us.
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