Sergio Perez began and completed the Italian Grand Prix in eighth place, and bar an entertaining duel with George Russell, didn’t have a lot to indicate for his afternoon in a Pink Bull that was proving a handful across the Temple of Velocity.
Very similar to his group mate Max Verstappen, Perez struggled with the stability of his RB20, discovering tyre put on larger than anticipated and failing to make a two-stop technique work to his favour. He began on the exhausting compound, earlier than working that once more, transferring onto the mediums late on.
“[I’m] actually disenchanted,” he admitted afterwards. “I used to be anticipating it to be troublesome however not this dangerous. We principally had been gradual and had excessive deg [degradation], particularly on the medium.
“I compromised my race somewhat bit I feel to maintain George [Russell] behind, however that labored fairly nicely for us as a result of we had been in a position to maintain George behind for somewhat bit and in the long run he got here actually near Max, so I feel it made a distinction to the group by way of factors we secured right now.”
