{"id":295812,"date":"2023-10-30T00:43:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T00:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=295812"},"modified":"2023-10-30T00:43:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T00:43:26","slug":"sergio-perez-suffers-heartbreak-at-his-home-mexico-city-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/racing\/f1\/sergio-perez-suffers-heartbreak-at-his-home-mexico-city-grand-prix\/","title":{"rendered":"Sergio Perez suffers HEARTBREAK at his home Mexico City Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"
Red Bull Racing’s Sergio Perez had his day at his home race – the Mexico City Grand Prix – come to a sudden and unfortunate end before even completing the first turn.<\/p>\n
At the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Perez started the race P5 and got a great jump off the line.<\/p>\n
But he went into Turn 1 three-wide – with teammate Max Verstappen on the inside and pole sitter Charles Leclerc in between them.<\/p>\n
Perez turned across Leclerc’s Ferrari – with his right rear tire clipping Leclerc’s front left.<\/p>\n
It caused Perez’s car to bounce into the air and caused severe damage to the structure of his vehicle.<\/p>\n
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Sergio Perez had his day end early before he even completed the first turn in Mexico City<\/p>\n
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Perez (front right) went three-wide into turn one with teammate Max Verstappen (front left) on the inside and Ferrari driver and pole sitter Charles Leclerc in between the two of them<\/p>\n
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Perez’s right rear tire collided with Leclerc’s front left tire, sending him flying through the air<\/p>\n
Perez was forced to pilot his car back to the paddock – where Red Bull assessed the damage and chose to retire the vehicle.<\/p>\n
The wreck also damaged Leclerc’s front wing – with the endplate hanging off for a few laps.<\/p>\n
Eventually, it fell off the Ferrari and a virtual safety car was deployed on the track.<\/p>\n
Going out of that first corner, Verstappen was able to claim the lead after starting in P3.<\/p>\n
It’s a disappointing end to a week that held such promise for ‘Checo’ – who was hoping to use the home momentum to turn around a poor run of form he had been on.<\/p>\n
Perez hasn’t claimed the top spot on the podium since Azerbaijan and has claimed three P2 finishes and two P3 finishes.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, he’s watched his teammate Verstappen win 13 races since Baku.<\/p>\n
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Perez piloted the car back to the paddock – where Red Bull retired the vehicle<\/p>\n
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It’s a frustrating end to the week for Perez – who was hoping to make good for his home fans<\/p>\n
Perez has had a particularly tough go of it in the past five races – with two retirements, including this one. He’s also finished P8 in Singapore, P10 in Qatar and P4 in Austin for the US Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
After that strong race last weekend, and finishing P3 in FP1 and FP3, he was hoping to kick off a new swing of momentum amid rumors of discord between him and the bosses at Red Bull.<\/p>\n
But a P5 qualifying spot wasn’t the ideal start and this retirement doesn’t make things much better.<\/p>\n
He’ll look to pick up the pieces at Interlagos next week for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix in Brazil.<\/p>\n