Sergio Perez is having a fine 2024 so far. The Mexican finished second for the second week running. He finished behind teammate Max Verstappen both times. After the race, 'Checo' looked back which he said was quite chaotic.
So… Yeah, my bad in that one, but still happily didn’t change a race," Perez said.
He got a 5 sec penalty, but he overtook Leclerc early and had clear air in front of him and build up a nice gap (11 secs IIRC before the penalty was applied), so it didn’t have any effect on his race. It ended with a 1-2 finish for Red Bull and P2 for him.
So one time he said “compromised our race” and another time he said “didn’t change [the] race”? What now?
He got a 5 sec penalty, but he overtook Leclerc early and had clear air in front of him and build up a nice gap (11 secs IIRC before the penalty was applied), so it didn’t have any effect on his race. It ended with a 1-2 finish for Red Bull and P2 for him.
Sure it didn’t, but at one point he himself stated that it compromised his race. Made no sense to me.