Perez says his 'pushing for nothing' radio message during the SaudiArabianGP was just about reliability, as he believes both him and Verstappen could have lowered their pace. F1
In the final quarter of the race, Verstappen began to report vibrations around the driveshaft with concerning noises at high speed, fearing a repeat of his qualifying failure.
But Perez was responding with quick laps in turn, and took to the radio to tell his team that he felt"we are pushing without a reason" and"we don't need this". "I just felt like there was a point where, for the last 10 laps or so, we had very similar pace within a 10, faster or slower. "I'm sure it was on the back of the mind of the team as well. So it was just a matter of making sure both cars finished to get maximum points."Verstappen, having had to perform a recovery drive from 15th on the grid after his qualifying setback, explained that he"didn't mind" having to race his way through the field but was nonetheless unhappy with finishing second.
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