A brand new Pink Bull chassis did not assist Sergio Perez flip his fortunes round as he may solely qualify in thirteenth place for the dash race in Brazil.
The under-fire Pink Bull driver continues to battle for type after a poor efficiency within the US GP in Austin adopted by his stunning dwelling race in Mexico final weekend, the place he completed seventeenth.
The strain on Perez is ramping up, and once more questions have resurfaced as as to if he will likely be retained by Pink Bull subsequent season, regardless of having a contract in place.
Perez was quizzed about his newest poor end result and reeled off a listing of excuses.
He mentioned: “We had an excellent FP1 after which we had a little bit little bit of understeer with the monitor [temperature] coming down.
“We tried to [deal with] it with the brake stability and the instruments which might be out there after which I ended up a little bit bit too rear-limited.
“After which was a bit complicated on the programme. We thought we’d have an opportunity for a second lap, and sadly, we did not.
“Right now we did battle fairly a bit and looking out ahead to tomorrow’s qualifying, actually. We received caught out with the situations, sadly. And that basically was the troublesome bit.”
Pink Bull boss Christian Horner had earlier revealed the workforce had reverted to an previous chassis to assist enhance Perez’s confidence.
Sergio Perez, Pink Bull Racing RB20
Photograph by: Steven Tee / Motorsport Photos
Horner once more pledged his assist for his driver however stopped in need of offering a ringing endorsement.
He mentioned: “We’re doing our greatest to try to assist rebuild his confidence. He had a horrible weekend in Mexico.
“We have modified his chassis this weekend. It is an older chassis, that we have put him into simply to provide him that additional enhance of confidence.
“Sergio is a seasoned campaigner. He is been round lengthy sufficient that he is aware of this can be a results-based enterprise.
“He is aware of that this season has been under-par for him. No person’s extra conscious about that than Sergio, however we’re doing our greatest that we are able to to assist him.”
In the meantime, team-mate Max Verstappen will line up on the second row after qualifying in fourth place for the dash.
The world champion additionally criticised the bumpy monitor for not serving to his trigger.
He mentioned: “As quickly as we went into qualifying, it appeared like we have been undoubtedly off the tempo.
“The automobile was a bit troublesome on the bumps. They did the resurfacing however they really made it worse to drive. It is extraordinarily bumpy all over the place, in order that’s not good for our vehicles.
“All of the bumpy areas, the automobile is leaping round so much, and it is costing me fairly a little bit of lap time.
“Usually while you’re already fairly a bit off over one lap, I do not suppose we’re significantly sturdy within the race. So we’ll need to see how that goes tomorrow within the dash.
“I additionally know there’s possibly some climate round that may come, however possibly not for the dash.”