Hungarian doctor: I don’t want my kids to think I’m a quitter – Sergio PerezBUDAPEST, Hungary – Sergio Perez was in a defiant mood after finishing 16th in Hungary, saying he didn’t want to teach kids. just give up and quit in difficult situations.
Perezcrashed out of the opening race at the Hungaroring, with Lando Norris leading the McLaren one-two.
It came at a terrible time as Red Bull looked increasingly likely to replace him with another driver during the summer break.Perez, a father of four, said he won’t throw in the towel because he doesn’t want to set an example.Horner reveals Perez talks amid bad form2dReutersAsked if he still enjoys F1 now, Perez said: “I wouldn’t say fun, I would say a challenge.
something that is really tough mentally and the easiest thing would be to just give up after a career, I had to say enough is enough, but that’s not what I want to teach my children, not what I want to show that kind of character.\ n
He added: “I just want to come back and I’m coming back , I’m not giving up.”Perez and Haas drivers Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg are the only fathers in the current race.Sergio Perez has been under increasing pressure in recent weeks due to his poor form.
Bryn Lennon – Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty ImagesTalk of Perez possibly losing his seat has been swirling for some time now. Red Bull have already assessed reserve driver Liam Lawson, while Daniel Ricciardo may still have an outside chance to step up.The Mexican driver has not been on the podium since the Chinese GP at the end of April.
Askedif he was now worried about losing his place in August, he repeated what he said at a media day ahead of the weekend’s action: “No, as I said before, as long as nothing changes, I’m not worried . . . I’m determined to turn my season around and focus on your performance.”
Perez also failed to make it out of the first quarter at Silverstone two weeks ago. Perez and Red Bull felt they had turned the corner in Friday practice at the Hungaroring, where he hopes for Sunday’s race.
“It hurts, you know it’s happened again, especially with the run I’ve had, but yeah, I’m determined to turn it around, I think… we had a very good day yesterday, very good.
promising day , so I think we had a really good knowledge of the long runs, so hopefully we can get really good speed to get through the field and hopefully get some points.”SponsoredYou May LikeMorgan Freeman Brings His Child’s Killer Home In A Good Man Showmax StoriesThis Forgotten Pill Clears Veins At High Speed CardiovaxMercedes It was a disappointing qualifying time – from Saturday’s times at the Hungarian GP, with Lewis Hamilton running fifth and George Russell crashing in Q1 and starting 17th.After the session, team principal Toto Wolff said it was “a complete underperformance by literally everyone involved”.
Lewis Hamilton has a record 104 Formula One poles and Hungary, the circuit where he holds a career-high nine poles, means it has been a year since the seven-time world champion last qualified fastest.
Hamiltonreturned to the podium at Silverstone on July 7 – his first win since 2021 – but the 39-year-old has only beaten team-mate George Russell three times in 2024 so far.Perez: I don’t want my kids to think I’m a failure”We came to try to be on the cutting edge and you can never be complacent,” Hamilton said. “If we optimized everything, we could go a tenth or two faster, but the challenge would not be enough for the position today.”Hamilton’s last pole came in Hungary on July 22 last year and will remain his only pole from 2021.
The sport’s most successful driver will have his next chance next weekend in Belgium.Russell has two shutouts and a win this season.”Lewis has made no secret that Saturdays are his difficult days,” Mercedes boss Andrew Shovlin told reporters at the Hungaroring on Friday.”He struggled with a whole generation of cars, not quite his style.
He worked on his driving.”Shovlin added that there were “pretty nice gaps” between Russell and Hamilton, whose confidence in the car was restored in the final season before he joins Ferrari in 2025.”We will continue to work on that. And I’m sure we’ll hopefully see more pole positions from Lewis,” said Shovlin, who made it clear that Hamilton’s long-term future was never in doubt.”A lot of our work was trying to give him a car that he can drive in an aggressive style, get lap times out of it without it just breaking down on the road and catching him off guard,” Shovlin said. . ..
