Red Bull is clear that Sergio Perez holds his Formula 1 destiny post-2024, but his contrasting Imola fortunes so far compared to stable-mate Yuki Tsunoda show why it's waiting.
On a weekend where Red Bull has had to adjust its ride height set-ups considerably to cope with the RB20's ongoing dislike for kerbs, Perez's crash late in FP3 meant Max Verstappen went into qualifying without any flying lap preparation on the soft tyres.
'We thought we were not safe so we put another set of new tyres on and by doing that it basically meant I was on scrubbed tyres for my final run of quali. 'When I put the new tyre on in Q2, I picked up a lot of rear grip and I went straight into Turn 7 , lost two-and-a-half tenths which, given the margins were extremely tight, I just didn't make it.
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