The Red Bull boss acknowledged the Mexican’s work, saying he played a key role in benefiting the Dutchman.
The head of Red Bull, Christian Horner, Praised the Mexican Czech Perez, Who during this Friday’s classification for the race in the ‘ Sprint in the morning he worked for the benefit of Max Verstappen, Which took third place in the Italian Grand Prix.
“I must say that Czech play a key role, Key as a team player today to give a trailer to your partner team and help Max to get to that position, ”the manager mentioned after this afternoon’s session.
Horner he added that of not having had the task of Czech Perez and his work generating sucking for the Dutchman “we were vulnerable McLaren, So, you know, Max is up there “.
In the same vein, the manager mentioned that Czech losing half a second by not receiving the suction of another car and therefore finishing in ninth place.
Pérez finished the classification in ninth place with a time of 1: 20.611, while Verstappen will come out in the second row when timed 1: 19.966.
“Probably Czech half a second was sacrificed. It should have been higher than it is, but we are very happy with this result, “he said.
Christian pointed out that Red Bulll still does not make Monza a circuit that benefits them, so that 5 4 with Mercedes engine would be among the top five.
“To be honest, I think, based on last year’s deficit, they’ve pretty much halved that gap,” he said.
Similarly, he mentioned that they have not yet decided in which race he will be penalized Verstappen when they change the engine of the RB16B, but they are clear that it must be on a track that they can move forward.
“Let’s see how things evolve. We’ll probably have to penalize them in the next four or five races. There are a lot of hypothetical moments. There’s no clear plan. It will definitely be on a track where you can move forward,” he told Sky Sports.