Checo Pérez criticizes Red Bull’s strategy: “it compromised the race”

The Mexican also congratulated his teammate Max Verstappen, 2024 drivers’ champion
The Mexican pilot Czech Perez considered that the strategy chosen by the team for the Las Vegas Grand Prix was not the best when pointing out that the degradation they presented at the beginning of the race ended up dooming their performance and finishing in tenth position.
Czech Perez He started the race in fifteenth place, but his first stop was on lap 18, due to damage to the hard rubber due to graining on the track.
“We did not expect this degradation and having started with the best tire compromised the race. We degraded a lot with that tire, we were short and compromised, then I went long with the medium and in the end we couldn’t recover any more positions. I think that if I had started with medium it would have been a better race, but what we must improve is qualifying. Yesterday we understood the problems, but we must be able to solve them in qualifying, because it has cost us a lot all year,” analyzed the Mexican driver before the microphones of AM850.
In the same vein, Czech Perez He insisted that “the strategy with which we went was very damaging and that without a doubt was quite damaging.”
“I have good confidence and we are close to turning this around. We were competitive in every session of the weekend, but the problem was always one lap away and we hope that in a more normal race like Taste Let’s be back,” said the pilot of Red Bull, who added a unit this weekend.
Czech Perez spoke of the double overtake he had on Kevin Magnussen and Liam Lawsona maneuver that helped him capture eleventh place and fight directly with Fernando Alonso for tenth place.
“Yeah, that was a pretty dangerous move with Kevin and Liam, I just went and went on the inside really hard and ended up passing both cars at 350 or something like that, it was a pretty good move,” the Mexican said with a smile.
Czech: Max has had the most incredible season
Czech Perez congratulated Max Verstappen and he was full of praise for his teammate, who won his fourth crown in a row by finishing the race in fifth position.
“I think Max has had the most incredible season of a driver I have ever seen, because we didn’t have the best car and it was Max who made the difference and had an impressive year,” he said at first.
“Congratulations to him and he deserves all the success he has had.”