[Official] Mexican Grand Prix 2024

[Richard C]

Originally Posted by AndrewCherry

Trying to be fair to Perez at least on the fastest lap thing - he was carrying car damage and was up against Leclerc trying to do the same on the same lap in a car which was already quicker all weekend (not that I think Perez would have done beaten him normally, but he stood less than no chance in those circumstances, hardly see why they bothered trying). The rest of his race/weekend though was pretty dire, and he wasn't just a shade over the line at the start, it was a good metre. That's just weird.

I almost mentioned Perez's car damage. It clearly impacted his pace. Why put him in such a position to embarrass himself at his home GP.

Richard