Max Verstappen blocked the wind from Checo Perez in the second sector, allowing Mexico’s Red Bull to pick up the pace on the straight.
Mexican Checo Perez He felt he could do a better job while qualifying Abu Dhabi Grand PrixLast race of the 2022 season and Mexican looking for runner-up position against Pilot Ferrari, Charles Leclerc.
Checo Perez Start from the second position behind Max Verstappen Just .228 in ten. Now a two-time world champion, he took pole position with a time of 1:23.824. Meanwhile, the difference between Leclerc and Checo was just .04 of a hundred.
“It was a good start, I didn’t make the last step in Q3, I was a bit behind, but it was great to seal that front row for the team and for me. Max did a great job”, said the Mexican after the session.
“We hope to have a strong match tomorrow,” he added. Checo PerezHe got a slipstream from the Dutchman in his last chance and thereby ensured the first starting row for the Austrian team, while the second row went Ferrari.
Further, Checo Perez Thank you live on the radio Max Verstappen Due to the slipstream it gave him in segment two.
“It’s good for the team to have this forward line. Thanks for that slipstream, Max,” replied the Mexican Christian Horner, Group Leader: “Yes, correct. You were purple (fastest time) in sector two”. It must be considered that Perez beat Leclerc very narrowly, so the assist is relevant to this and what happened. Brazil. However, its behavior remains to be seen Verstappen in the race.
This is the first row for both Max Verstappen and Sego Perez – First Mexican Grand Prix For 2018 Red Bull –-.
“We’ll have to see how strong it will be Ferrari Y Mercedes”, commented the native of Jalisco before the danger that both teams could represent. The third row is for the Mercedes team, which will start Lewis Hamilton In the fifth place and George Russell In sixth place.
In the last edition of this race, Checo Perez Being one of the protagonists, he managed to control and reduce the advantage to almost 10 seconds Lewis Hamilton. This helped his teammate Max Verstappen eventually win his first drivers’ championship in one of the most epic finishes in history. Formula 1.
Checo Perez He has already signed off on his best season in the category with the constructors’ title Red bull, but he wants to put the cherry on the cake by aiming to be runner-up this year. Mexican and Charles Leclerc, They come into the last race tied in points (290). But since the tiebreaker criteria favors Monaco (more wins), the Czech Republic is forced to break the tie.
