Pink flag delays meant that the ultimate restart occurred loads later than the race was anticipated to run, which can have contributed to the chain of first lap incidents that led to the ultimate crimson flag, with Perez additionally citing chilly tyres as one other issue.
Perez was amongst these concerned as he went throughout the grass and gravel at Flip 1 whereas avoiding Pierre Gasly, who was in flip edged vast by contact between Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonso.
The Mexican, who began from the pitlane after encountering brake stability issues in qualifying, was ultimately categorized fifth.
“I needed to keep away from Gasly,” he mentioned of the ultimate restart. “After which there was no visibility actually going into Flip 1.
“It was actually harmful, to begin with the warm-up, however secondly, we couldn’t see something. We can not race in these situations any extra. Someday, it’ll be an enormous shunt.
“We can not see something. The final 30 laps we’re only a passenger, we haven’t any visibility.”
Sergio Perez, Pink Bull Racing RB19
Picture by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Photographs
Perez’s race was compromised when his technique of beginning on the onerous tyres was negated by an early crimson flag that gave rivals a free change.
He admitted that he needed to stability threat and reward as he tried to make his method by way of the sphere.
“It was an enormous mess with the DRS prepare early on,” he mentioned. “I wanted to take much more threat if I wished to make some extra progress, and doubtless I would not have completed the race or in all probability I may have been a bit of bit increased.
“It’s of venture, and I feel the protection automotive did damage us as a result of everybody went for the hards, so there wasn’t a lot of a technique that we may do, and that put us a bit out of sync.”
Requested if P5 represented good harm limitation, he mentioned: “I feel that was actually the utmost we may have accomplished at this time. As I say, if we wished extra we might have wanted to take way more threat.
“The restart, the primary standing begin I did, I imply it is a mess beginning in these positions. It is individuals taking huge dangers, and it was fairly troublesome for me.”
On the constructive aspect, Perez acknowledged that the automotive’s issues had been mounted for the race.
He added: “We modified plenty of issues within the automotive, on the engine aspect and on the brake stability, and the chassis.”
Pink Bull group boss Christian Horner confirmed that the group had remedied the issue, though he downplayed its influence on qualifying.
“We modified a couple of elements on the automotive that will have contributed to it,” he mentioned when requested concerning the points by Motorsport.com. “And I feel that it didn’t sound like there was any reoccurrence of it at this time, in order that was excellent news.
“I feel that he had a really troublesome P3 which was by removed from the most effective preparation, after which clearly he went out, was pushing onerous on that first lap.
“He was late and onerous on the brakes into T3. All of the bits and items collectively weren’t fairly excellent, however typically these vehicles aren’t.”
Requested to elaborate on the brake stability drawback, Horner added: “It’s one thing that they management within the automotive. I feel we had a little bit of the engine operating on in P3, however the ranges that we noticed in qualifying have been nothing irregular.”
