{"id":333791,"date":"2023-09-25T07:31:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T07:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=333791"},"modified":"2023-09-25T08:00:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T08:00:52","slug":"acquittal-the-only-saving-grace-in-horrible-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=333791","title":{"rendered":"Acquittal the only saving grace in 'horrible' race"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\ufeffergio Perez<\/a>'s form has continued to flounder after he failed to finish a Japanese Grand Prix<\/a> burdened with problems.<\/p>\n

In a race where not much went right for the Mexican, \ufeffRed Bull<\/a> team boss Christian Horner<\/a> declared that the efforts to absolve Perez of a grid penalty for the next race in Qatar were the only positive takeaway.<\/p>\n

Perez's problems were set in motion \ufefffrom the opening lap when a slow start saw him make contact with Lewis Hamilton on the run down to turn one, forcing a pitstop for a new front wing.<\/p>\n

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\"Sergio<\/p>\n

He was subsequently handed a five-second penalty for overtaking Fernando Alonso on his way into the pits while under the safety car.<\/p>\n

The six-time grand prix winner later had to pit for another front wing, and collected a second five-second penalty, after pursuing an unrealistic move on the inside of Kevin Magnussen which saw his Haas spin out.<\/p>\n

After being told to retire the car with damage, \ufeffRed Bull later re-released the car from the garage so Perez could serve his second time penalty and prevent the punishment from carrying over to a grid penalty at the next race, the Qatar Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

\"Sergio<\/p>\n

Speaking afterwards, Horner acknowledged that \ufeffavoiding an overhanging penalty was the only good thing to come out of Perez's race in Suzuka.<\/p>\n

"It got off to a bad start. He got sort of pinballed on the way down to turn one, which was unlucky for him," he told Motorsport.com post-race.<\/p>\n

"He then had damage with Lewis [Hamilton] and broke the front wing. He then passed Fernando on the way in under the safety car and picked up a penalty.<\/p>\n

"He goes out a little bit too optimistic, probably out of frustration trying to pass Magnussen…another front wing and steering damage.<\/p>\n

\"<\/p>\n

"So, the only decent thing we managed to get out of today was not carrying a penalty through into the next race in Qatar."<\/p>\n

In his defence, \ufeffPerez believed that his lap-one incident with Hamilton caused more than just damage to the nose and that contributed in part to his crash into Magnussen.<\/p>\n

"I had a horrible start and basically going into turn one, I was just a passenger," he said.<\/p>\n

"I had [Carlos] Sainz on my right, Lewis [Hamilton] on the left, and they just took the whole front wing endplate off.<\/p>\n

"We changed the front wing and I still had no front end, so I think there were a lot more things damaged on the car.<\/p>\n

"I was struggling quite a lot on the braking with the front end. I just wouldn't stop in time and it was my mistake, obviously."<\/p>\n

The poor result came as Perez's teammate \ufeffMax Verstappen came home in first place to clinch Red Bull its sixth constructors' championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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