After spinning in the final seconds of Q3, Sergio received another impact that made him scream with force and surprise
< i class=”i-share-btn twitter”> Sergio’s on-board camera captured the moment he was hit by Sainz, who didn’t stop because he saw the yellow flags late
After a very strong start to the weekend for Sergio Pérez in Monaco, where he outpaced his teammate in free practice and caught up with Charles Leclerc in any time, it was the moment of truth with qualifying.
Despite the brutal pace of the Ferraris, Checo managed to equal the best times of the session and < b>He even got excited at times with a pole position, so in the last attempt of Q3, while squeezing the maximum out of his car on the track street, lost the car in turn 8 and caused a red flag that ended with the Qualy.
The warnings on the track immediately went out for the rest of the pilots to slow down; however, while Pérez was apologizing to the team on the radio, he received a strong impact from Carlos Sainz, who was unable to dodge it completely.
Due to that the radio with his engineer was on and Checo Pérez did not expect such a shock, the painful cry he exclaimed when he felt the blow in his car, which damaged the front steering and his right tire.
The on-board camera of the impact received by Sergio Checo Pérez by Carlos Sainz in Monaco qualifying (Twitter/@F1)
The Mexican pilot was taken to a medical review because the crash had been registered with a force of 20G; however, at a subsequent press conference he confirmed that he was perfectly well, so he considered that it was a measurement error.
Regarding the first incident that left him with no chance to improve his lap, Sergio apologized to his colleagues who were also in their last attempt to improve times, but especially with his work team, who will have to work overtime to leave the car in good condition for the race.
Regarding the reasons that left him against the wall, Checo took responsibility and explained that he had trouble getting the tires up to temperature, mainly due to the traffic he encountered on the previous lap.
“Definitely it’s frustrating to end up at the barriers, it was a disaster because there are people who don’t respect the deltas, and you end up trying without the correct temperatures (in the tyres),” Pérez said after qualifying in third place, below Leclerc and Sainz.
“I had almost lost it in the turn 1 and was looking throughout the lap to get temperatures and just couldn’t. I tried too hard on that lap”
This was Sergio Pérez’s crash in Q3 of the Monaco GP:
(Video: ESPN)
Through social media, some fans asked Carlos for a penalty Sainz for not respecting the yellow flags and slowing down, which is why he was unable to brake in time and avoid contact with Pérez’s car; however, the FIA did not proceed with any investigation and respected their starting position.
Sainz explained that he was unable to observe the warning flags in time due to the short distance he had with the Mexican pilot, who suffered damage with a double accident that did not happen to majors.
The Monaco Grand Prix will take place this Sunday, May 29 at 8:00 am, in central Mexico time. In pole position will be Charles Leclerc, followed by Carlos Sainz, Sergio Pérez, Max Verstappen and Lando Norris.