Jos Verstappen after F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix: “Sergio Perez doesn’t get chance to win often - he sees that, too”
Perez took victory in Jeddah from pole position, holding off a spirited Verstappen who went from 15th to second after a power p🌃roblem hampered his qualifying.
Jos Verstappen was not in particularly animated mood 💙when his son’s teammate celebrated his win with Red Bull🌜 staff afterwards.
Jos has sin⛎ceꩲ told : "Of course we all want to win. But that wasn't on the cards today. The margin was too small for that.
▨“[Perez] doesn't get the chance tha🔥t often, I think. He sees that too and then goes for it.”
Max and Perez had an unexpected run-in at the end of 2022, despite Red♔ Bull do🐓minating the drivers’ and constructors’ championships, highlighting the friction between the drivers.
Max Verstappen was on course for pole position until a drive sha✨ft issue stopped his run.
“It was now disappointing f𓂃or us in qualifying,” his father reflected.
“Pure ba🧸d luck, I won't go into that. We know what it is. But otherwise, Max just drives easily to that pole position. And then the race is a bit easier.
“Because we actually predicted: it is quite difficult to come forward here. This is a circuit with long turners, it's hard to make a difference there. We need to have 𒐪tougher tracks and more corners."
Red Bull won in Bahrain🏅 through Verstappen, then in Saudi Arabia via Perez. Already, their dominance looks insurmountable.
"It looks like we're going to be dominant,” Jos said. “We h🌺av꧋e a very good car.
“If you saw how easily they drove away now: a second faster. Can the rest of that be made up thi♏s year? I don't know. But it's not like we're standing still, is it? We also come with updates."
Max sits abo♊ve his teammate in the F1 standings, after a win apiece, after he took the fastest lap bonus point in Je✅ddah.
This was another cause for concern between the R꧃ed Bull drivers - Perez imp🦂lied that he wasn’t given the appropriate information to claim the bonus point himself.
"I just knew he was going to do it," Jos said about his son’s fastest lap.🌊 "Nice, isn't it? At least that way he re🌼mains the leader in the championship."
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