168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez has hit back at F1 critics who doubted him during his recent stru🐓ggles, insisting “it’s not like I forgot how to drive”.

The Mexican, who is und🅘er pressure to retain his Red Bull seat, scored his best qualifying result since the Chinese Grand Prix in April by setting the third-fastest time in Saturday’s wet session at the Belgian Grand Prix.

Perez will start Sunday’s race from second on🧸 the grid at Spa-Francorchamps, with teammate Max Verstappen dropping down to 11th due to a penalty for exceeding his power unit allocation for the season.

When asked if his qualifying performance gave him satisfaction amid recent criticism he has faced, Perez replied: “From my point🎶 of view, it doesn’t change anything.

“I’ve always said it’s not where we are now, it’s how you ride the waves, and where we finish in Abu Dhabi. There are a lot of drivers that haven’t been able to ma🐓ximise the performance.

“But obviously t𒅌he scrutiny on my side has been quite a bit higher. It doesn’t change anything from my point of view, I think tomorrow is a new day, a new opportunity. It would have been the same if I was knocked 🌄out in Q2.

“T♈omorrow is a new opportunity to do better, and it’s the way I see it. It’s tomorrow what really counts. If I don’t have a good ✅race tomorrow, I will try to have a good one in Zandvoort. It’s how it is.

“”This is the sport, sometimes it gℱoes your way, sometimes you have to fight and nothing goes in your direction. I think it’s just the nature of the sport.”

Asked if he feels that his confidence is returning, Perez replied: “More than confidence. It’s not like I forgot how to drive, from five or six racꦡes ago.

“It’s just you see it with a lot of drivers, so🍸metimes you’re unable to maximise the full potential of your car, and for that reꦯason, you end up lacking that confidence to extract the maximum out of the car you have.

“I think we’ve been taking good steps forward in the right direction since Hungary. I think Silverstone was already, I had a good Friday. I think the season, the car is g🎐oing in the right direction ♕for now, and hopefully tomorrow we are able to finish it off with a strong result, and still there is a long way to go in the season.

“Just head down, and I think like I’ve said before,🔯 the team and myself are focusing on what we’re going to do. At the end of the day, it's getting the most points we possibly can, and the rest, couldn’t care less to be honest.”

Perez stressed he was not sati🅘stfied with his car𒆙’s handling at the start of the weekend

“We tried a lot o🧸f things, we kept throwing things at it, and it’s never ideal when you don’t have progression. Once again today, we throw at it a lot of things,” he explained.

“We found a nicer window, a little bit similar in the direction of Hungary. But we wer⭕e a lot happier with the car. So I think I mean, although it’s on the inter conditions, but the balance in the medium-high speed was feeling positive, in the right direction.

“So let’s see,🌞 let’s see🏅 tomorrow. I think tomorrow is going to be a very different day. Let’s see how much we’re able to improve.”