“For strategic reasons we decided to [pit]” – Sergio Perez sacrificed potential Top 10 finish to prevent bonus point for Lewis Hamilton

“For strategic reasons, we decided to [pit]” – Sergio Perez sacrificed potential points for himself to prevent Lewis Hamilton from winning the bonus point for fastest lap in the British GP at Silverstone.

Sergio Perez had a moment with the Alfa Romeo of Kimi Raikkonen towards the end of the race. Perez moved on, but Raikkonen suffered a loss of a few places, missing out on a potential Top 10 finish. Perez, however, felt the Finn was bring over-optimistic with his maneuver.

“I think he was just over-optimistic. He was moving very late into [turn] 15. I overtook him around the outside, and then at 16 I was on the inside so I was ahead of him and he tried to stay around the outside.”

🗣 “We come away with a slim lead in both Championships and you can be sure that once we have had time to reflect on today, all this weekend will do is add fire to our Championship fight.” Christian on the #BritishGP 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/FMGVV95TFt

— Red Bull Racing Honda (@redbullracing) July 18, 2021

Weekend to forget for Red Bull

Red Bull had a Sunday to forget at the British Grand Prix, going home with a sum total of zero points. This after Max Verstappen crashed out of the race after starting from pole, and Sergio Perez went through a topsy-turvy race, starting from the pit lane entry after he crashed out too in the first-ever sprint qualifying race on Saturday.

Perez: Definitely a big weekend for us to forget

“We were not able to make as much progress as expected. We found ourselves in a very difficult position with tyres. As soon as we were getting into the DRS train it was pretty hard to pass people.

“I think P7 was possible today, definitely. I think Lance [Stroll] and Fernando [Alonso], with a couple more laps definitely I could have got them, but more than that was pretty difficult and in the end for strategic reasons we decided to [pit].”

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