Sergio Perez feels Red Bull is in deep trouble amidst reliability issues while Ferrari is bagging points excessively this year.
Red Bull and Ferrari are intensively vying against each other for the 2022 championship. But with Charles Leclerc’s recent win in Australia, the Maranello based team seems to be having an edge.
On the other hand, Red Bull is still having some reliability issues. In Melbourne, during the race, Max Verstappen saw himself retiring his car while he was heading for a P2 podium.
Sergio Perez, who was edging towards a podium too on P3 position, saw himself getting promoted to P2 after his teammate’s retirement. Worried about his team’s situation, he is worried that Ferrari might take away the competition.
“I’m not satisfied with the weekend,” said Perez. “We made a mistake in the direction we took with the car’s set-up and that hurt us a bit, we suffered a lot with the degradation. The Ferrari thing is worrying, at no time were we able to put pressure on them.”
🗣️ @SChecoperez: “No estoy conforme con el fin de semana, nos equivocamos en la dirección que tomamos con la puesta a punto del auto y eso nos perjudicó un poco, sufrimos bastante con la degradación. Es preocupante lo de Ferrari, en ningún momento pudimos presionarlos.” #F1xFOX pic.twitter.com/P21NwRfbUK
— Diego Mejia (@diegofmejia) April 10, 2022
Also read: Sergio Perez expresses his disappointment over Max Verstappen’s DNF at the 2022 Australian GP
Red Bull says it’s not the engine fault
When Verstappen retired, initial doubts went on to Red Bull’s engine. However, the team boss Christian Horner came out to address the misinformation.
He claims that it is not an engine but a fuel issue. Though, he claims that he or his team doesn’t know the exact problem right now. Nevertheless, he mentions that Red Bull needs to solve it to continue their contention in the championship.
He also talked about Verstappen retiring in such a fashion and claims to understand the Dutchman’s frustration. Now, with Imola, being one of Ferrari’s homes, Red Bull would be aiming to win the next race to regain their lost confidence in Australia.
On the other hand, Mercedes looked better than before and earned some ground in this year’s championship. But they still look much inferior to both Red Bull and Ferrari. It remains to be seen when will the Silver Arrows step up their game.
Also read: Max Verstappen is not thinking about defending his championship title at the moment
