Red Bull boss Christian Horner has revealed a “big hole” in the sidepod of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez F1 car was the reason he was beaten by Haas’ 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nico Hulkenberg in the Austrian Grand Prix.

Perez endured another difficult race aꦰt the Red Bull Ring as he finished seventh.

The Mexican was in a battle with Hulkenberg in the closing laps, ultimatel♍y losing out.

Just looking at the results, it was a poor race for Perez, particularly as he was still beaten by 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen, who had a puncture and time penalty following his clash with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris.

However, Horner explained that signif✱icant damage to Perez’s car resulted in a big loss in straight-line speed.

“Checo, I mean, again, it was a tricky race for him,” Horner said to media including 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:mahbx.com. “He had quite ✨a significant cont👍act on the first lap.

“He had quite a big hole in the sidepod and th𒆙en t🐼he loss of straight-line speed that that gives you, it’s a bit like an air brake.

“So that’s why he was struggling on stra♚ight-line speed. So, difficult to judge Checo’s race due to the damage that he had.”

Horner couldn’❀t put a figure on how much lap time Perez was losing, describing it as “significant”.

“I don’t have the exact numbers,” Horner added.

“All I k🐭now is he had lo♓st a big hole, and it was being reported on the data that there was a significant loss because of it.”

Perez also lost crucial time in th🌄e race after picking up a five-second time p🔯enalty for speeding in the pit lane.

Reflecting on the race, Perez said: “There was a lot of damage on the sidepod. I touched a bit with Piastri at Turn 4, I don’t know if it came from ♕there.

“It was unfortunate because we had a good start, but from then on, the car was just nowhere nothing I could do, I was just off balance. Also with making a mistake on ♛going into the pit lane with the pit limiter, it was just a disaster of a race that started really well.

“But I think with just lacking so much pace out there and lagging around, there was no hope for fight🐠ing people again.”