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Please use Chrome browser for a extra accessible video participant Sergio Perez had a second to neglect in first apply as his ‘elementary’ mistake resulted in him crashing into the barrier Sergio Perez had a second to neglect in first apply as his ‘elementary’ mistake resulted in him crashing into the barrier

Sergio Perez crashed within the early levels of Observe One on the Hungarian Grand Prix as George Russell topped the timesheets at a moist Hungaroring.

Perez’s automobile went off simply three minutes into the session as he closely broken his upgraded Pink Bull, that has reprofiled sidepods and new brake cooling.

On his first flying lap, Perez dipped his left tyres into the grass, which instantly despatched him right into a spin and into the surface wall.

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The Mexican stated on the radio “I can not consider this” on a weekend the place there’s further scrutiny about his future after failing to succeed in Q3 on the final 5 occasions and Daniel Ricciardo changing Nyck de Vries at AlphaTauri.

“We are saying it is Monaco with out the limitations however these limitations discovered Sergio Perez fairly arduous certainly. That is all it takes. This monitor, it’s important to have your eyes all over the place,” reacted Sky Sports activities F1’s Anthony Davidson.

“It’s slim and comes at you thick and quick. I am stunned he was pushing so arduous so quickly. I do know you need to stand up to hurry as fast as doable however that is qualifying kinda stuff – taking the automobile to the sting of the monitor.

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“For me it seems like he was pushing to the extremes and extra so of what the monitor was capable of supply.”

Former NASCAR and IndyCar driver Danica Patrick added: “That is one of many worst as a driver. Letting your group down and realizing they’ll need to work so arduous and simply that doubt and frustration they’ve. You’re feeling actually responsible.”

Horner: Not a perfect method to begin weekend

Christian Horner has publicly backed Perez regardless of his latest disappointing performances and insists Pink Bull will retain the identical driver line-up for 2024.

The Pink Bull group boss says Perez merely “misjudged” the positioning of his automobile and “caught his palms up” to apologise.

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“The harm, we’ve not received the automobile again, however hopefully it is contained primarily to the entrance proper nook, which hopefully will probably be repairable in time for the subsequent session,” he informed Sky Sports activities F1 in the course of the session.

“It was unlucky, he simply put a wheel on the grass and made a mistake into Flip 5. I have never had an opportunity to talk to him but however I’ll do after the session, however hopefully he will not have misplaced an excessive amount of by means of this session as a result of in these circumstances folks don’t get many laps in. However clearly not a perfect method to begin the weekend.”

Sainz additionally hits the wall

Following Perez’s crash, the session resumed with 49 minutes to go however rain started to fall on the Hungaroring. Most drivers went out on dry tyres however needed to crawl again to the pit lane on a moist monitor, so the monitor was largely quiet for a interval, with dry climate forecast for the rest of the weekend.

Carlos Sainz additionally hit the limitations however was capable of stick with it as he spun on the quick right-hander at Flip 3. Sainz misplaced management of his Ferrari in the midst of the nook and hit the limitations on the within with the facet of his automobile.

Please use Chrome browser for a extra accessible video participant Carlos Sainz will get his Ferrari caught on the kerb after spinning off throughout a moist P1 on the Hungarian GP Carlos Sainz will get his Ferrari caught on the kerb after spinning off throughout a moist P1 on the Hungarian GP

It initially regarded like he beached his automobile, so the pink flag was referred to as, however he managed to hold on and the session was resumed with 11 minutes to go.

Solely three drivers had set a lap at this level – Logan Sargeant, Alex Albon and Valtteri Bottas – however mostdrivers emerged onto the monitor for the ultimate a part of the session to get a really feel of the circumstances.

Oscar Piastri and Russell traded high spot within the ultimate minutes and it was the Mercedes driver who got here out on high with a 1:38.795, which was 0.359s quicker than Piastri.

Hungarian GP Observe One Timesheet Driver Group Time 1) George Russell Mercedes 1:38.795 2) Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.359 3) Lance Stroll Aston Martin +1.218 4) Lando Norris McLaren +1.482 5) Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +1.892 6) Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo +2.237 7) Charles Leclerc Ferrari +2.347 8) Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo +2.568 9) Logan Sargeant Williams +2.621 10) Nico Hulkenberg Haas +3.911 11) Kevin Magnussen Haas +4.111 12) Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri +6.780 13) Alex Albon Williams +8.608 14) Daniel Ricciardo AlphaTauri No time 15) Carlos Sainz Ferrari No time 16) Sergio Perez Pink Bull No time 17) Esteban Ocon Alpine No time 18) Pierre Gasly Alpine No time 19) Max Verstappen Pink Bull No time 20) Lewis Hamilton Mercedes No time

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