Mercedes straight-line speed in Brazil ‘on another planet’ – Perez

Mercedes straight-line speed in Brazil ‘on another planet’ – Perez

 

 

 
Lewis Hamilton’s impressive speed in a straight line caught the attention of many as the seven-time champion cut his way through the field to fifth in the Saturday sprint race.Hamilton was in untouchable form, overtaking both Red Bulls en route to his first victory since Russia to get his title challenge back on track. “ad_With Mercedes’ straight-line advantage under great scrutiny by Red Bull team boss Christian Horner, Perez was left amazed by its advantage on the straights at Interlagos. “I mean, the straight-line speed was from another planet,” Perez said. “I looked at my mirror at the exit, and I felt very safe. Related Brazil fight with Verstappen ‘what a title battle should look like’ – Hamilton How can I watch the 2021 Qatar GP? F1 timings and TV schedules“But then I look back into it again and he’s right next to me. It was really impressive.“They’ve been really surprising. So we’ll see what we are able to do going into Qatar. Related Piastri handed Alpine reserve driver role for F1 2022 Zhou gets Alfa Romeo seat to become first Chinese F1 driver “I think it’s going to be a different track. Probably the straight-line speed is not so relevant over there so hopefully we can be a lot more competitive.”Perez was on course for a fourth consecutive podium finish until a timely Virtual Safety Car allowed Bottas to jump back ahead.The Mexican thinks without it, he would have finished third given that he and Bottas had similar race pace.”4“We just got very unlucky with the Virtual Safety Car timing which gave the podium to Bottas,” Perez added.“So I think we had the podium, we had the position and I think it was going to be possible to hold him behind because we pretty much had the same pace, Valtteri and myself.”The result in Interlagos means Red Bull now trails Mercedes by 11 points in the constructors’ championship, while Perez is 25 points off Bottas in the race for third.”5 

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