How did Perez lose to an Alpine in Spain Q3

Skill issue. Looking the onboards, Gasly seems able to accelerate earlier than Perez in most of the corners

Red Bull is a team that is going down fast. Newey is leaving, Horner picking a paid driver to fund the team. Not to mention Red Bull - an energy drink company is going to build an engine. This is not any normal engine that we use on road cars, its a F1 engine. All the championship in the last many decades have been won by automakers with over a century of business and engine making skills. Expecting a Red Bull engine to be competitive is like expecting hens to grow teeth.

If I were Max, I would leave for 2026 and join either Mercedes or Audi. The germans know how to make engines.

Perez has scored the same amount of points as lance stroll since imola and got a 2 year deal, let that sink in.

Perez struggling with the new F1 game handling

Perez has never been a consistent fast driver. However, one cannot argue about his supreme defensive skills.

weekly violation with checo

At this point i'm sure that red bull extended his contract only because of cartel.

Worth noting that his second quali lap in Q3 he gave max a tow and didnt have the chance to run two laps

Either way he’s a bum

I think he has fear of spin due to the Oversteery car

Perez seems to be keen on retirement

Max vs Perez side by side...

i really hate him sorry, i didn't wanna

The RB is so much quicker than the Alpine, yet you still see him getting on the power LATER out of corners, or accelerating at a lower level before full throttle. Take the last corner as an example, an Alpine should not be more confident around that than Perez. The comparison between Perez and Verstappen would exaggerate these weaknesses. He's good at tracks like baku, where you can get away with slamming the brakes, rolling round a corner at 60mph before just flooring it, but tracks with faster corners expose his weaknesses more.

Mexicans will still find imaginary reasons to defend this mediocre driver. King of the streets tyre whisperer my ass.

Both Perez and Gasly appear in each other onboard as a cameo 😂

Perez is just very cautious. Early braking, less throttle on exit. He must really not feel comfortable in the car.

Bruh and he was doing so much better in a worse car in Force India. Insane how driving styles work

You can clearly see the advantage in the first corner where Gasly has that extra intuition to take it slow in fast out. It gave him the stability to shrink the radius in the first corner so that he can take the 2nd corner with a greater one thus giving him faster speed until the 4th corner. Super smart. This is the stuff that Verstappen does best. In fact he does this in all corners and keeps that advantage despite a much slower car.

Also bear in mind that Perez sacrificed his 2nd Q3 run so that he could tow Verstappen for the pole battle with Norris.

There's something going on with Perez, he doesn't have any confidence in the car

Perez is slow

Because Gasly is a top driver. Perez is average.

Perez's main issue is qualifying. He was never good at that, never. Even in the seasons he demolished Hulkenberg, Hulk was generally the faster driver.

He never looks good because he qualifies badly and spends all race stuck behind slower cars. I believe he would've won some more races if he qualified better. He's race pace is not great but is usually enough to keep slower cars behind, like Miami and Spa last year.

The fact that he doesn't seem capable of adapting to the car, after 3 seasons of the same regulations and cars reeks 'average driver' all over, just like Fisichella driving Renault alongside Alonso.

Max’s lap vs Perez lap?

perez will not beat a wiliams

He lost time at that last corner.. Red Bulls were slow in the last corner

Bit more traffic on Perez’s lap which can cost a tenth or so but I’m not defending him he sucks lol

Nah Bro the title Is straights up bulling

Skill issue

Beaten by a gay car? This dude fell off

Perez sacrificed his lap to toe max , they said after qualifying

At least he got to Q3 again

Some People comparing hamilton with checo 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Gasly looked like he was more on the limit, while checo seems to be more, unconfident? It feels like theres no hunger for quicker laps like before

Imagine being this dogshit at your craft and you are rewarded with a 2 yr contract ext, meritocracy sure exists huh.

I don't know how those budgets limits works and parts productions. But if RB would like to improve their car as they can they could create parts only for one car(Max obviously) because he better feel the RB car. Then tell Checo to not crash. So he needs to drive 'slowly' with no risk. Not to cause any damage and repair costs. So next race they give him parts from 1st car and then Max gets another improved new parts.
For me it is clear from when they bringed budget limits but now it's visible. That era of only one driver. Which one is faster then he gets new parts. So im laughing on titles "RB mistake is Perez" or sth bla bla.
It's clarly reasonable to keep Perez in as trusted guy who will not throw all team secrets... and he will not be fight with Max. And RB will not have two each-other fighting drivers so Perez is best for them.

The fact that Alpine's straight-line speed is the same as Red Bull's shows that its aerodynamics are not bad.The car's air resistance is so low that it can cover the difference in PU power output.

It feels like he's more scared of crashing the car

Very simple. For RB the performance from Perez is enough. Score some points, dont bring Max into danger. He does it so RB stick with Perez.

Perez needs his contract revoking and fired from RB. The guy is turning more and more into a liability

Hope redbull is reaping that hats sale money

Gasly and Albon must be absolutely fuming.

Gasly doing a better job rotating the car in the corners to get the power down sooner

Checo's not confident at all. Braking early and accelerating late. The car does not suit him in any way. Not that it really should because the one to follow is Max, but another driver could perform better (thanks, Captain Obvious). Pierre has been able to brake later and push early, his slow-in/fast-out is decent enough to beat a Red Bull with that damn Alpine truck.

I believe Checo could do better under Mercedes, for instance, though I don't know what their car philosophy is nowadays - I don't know if even Mercedes know lol

I wonder if perez is allowed to view Verstappen's practise telemetry?????

Gasly back in red bull might not be a bad move

You can tell he's driving way below the limit

I'm surprised he got into q3