The Mexican driver felt comfortable on his first day of serious work with Red Bull
Sergio ‘Czech’ Pérez, Red Bull Racing Team rider, had his first day aboard the RB16B where his best time was 1: 31.682 at the Bahrain circuit. The Mexican suffered an incident in his car that lost the engine cover when he left the rebuff of the Williams of Nicholas Latifi. A very rare incident.
“It was a great day thoroughly testing the RB16B and despite the conditions that were difficult out there, we had a very satisfying day and there is much to do. It’s great to work with the whole team and I have a lot to do – I can feel the potential. I have Sunday morning in the car, so I hope to get more out of the laps, ”Perez said.
The incident that the Jalisco pilot had was when he was about an hour and 20 minutes of session, Czech went to the main straight following in the footsteps of Williams, all very routine: one act follows another because cover the air and the car in the back picks up more speed. But when it came out of the blast and the air ‘touched again’ on the Czech Red Bull, such was the force of it that it gave off part of the engine cover of the car, of so the Formula 1 authorities stopped the training round.
The Mexican finished eighth out of 16 who took the track on Saturday in Sakhir. ‘Czech’ had no more inconveniences on his first day with the team. It was consistent with Pirelli’s C2 compound – which is a hard compound in the manufacturer’s range. All the drivers who preceded him, including Valtteri Bottas ’Mercedes who was left with the best time of the day, rolled with softer, faster tires.
Guillaume Rocquelin, a senior engineer, argued that Pérez’s work was good, Who simulated a real race to find out how it will fit into the first races of the Formula 1 calendar.
“He had a race simulation today, including breast visits, which was very good for him, to better integrate into the team and speed up the processes. We had some details, nothing big and no it affected our engineering program, so these are things you discover by trying, ”he explained.
“Leaving that aside, it was a solid day. We didn’t chase time on the circuit and we only had one lap with the hard compound, so no conclusions about the weather. It was a good two days and we hope to close in a good way.” , is over.
F1 practices will continue on Sunday from one in the morning downtown Mexico. It will be early for Checo Pérez to return to the controls of the event and the last day of rehearsals will be finished by Verstappen. The next time the tapatío goes up to the RB16B, it will be for the first free practice next Friday 26 for the first Grand Prix of the 2021 calendar.