Sergio Perez, Red Bull Formula 1 driver, remained in awe over his crash at the Monaco Grand Prix qualifying. He said “I cannot believe what I’ve done”, because it pushed him at the end of the grid.
Perez lost he control of his car during second qualifying lap of Q1 sliding into Sainte Devote. He lost left-rear of his Red Bull RB19 into barriers. The accident enacted red flag causing huge damage to the car.
“Unbelievable day. I cannot believe what I’ve done,” Perez despised the costly incident.
“It just caught me by surprise, just getting that rear out of shape, especially really late into the corner.
“It’s a way of how we were trying to get the lap time out of it, but I just went over the limit and I became a passenger. There was nothing else I could do because it was really late in the corner, and I could not cut the corner or go out of the corner.”
The accident has ruined any hopes of Perez fighting for the top position in Monaco. He will have to start the race from the end of a narrow map and limited places to over-take.
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“Yeah, it came around as a big surprise,” Perez expressed his discontent for drowning down the chart.
“Saying that isn’t an excuse. I should have done better today, and all I can say I’m very sorry to my team, because you put so much energy, so much work preparing everything, and then you just disappoint everyone like this.
“I’m super disappointed today with myself and I know that tomorrow it’s going to be an impossible race.”
Christian Horner, team principal, blames Perez for taking the Turn 1 beyond car capacity.
“I can only think he was distracted by the Alpine on the right-hand side. Because he just misjudged that first turn and the circuit was only going to get faster and faster. He’ll be kicking himself for that,” Horner told Sky.
“I think he just went in too fast. Maybe he was distracted. You can see the overspeed, he had a bit of a snap on entry and it wasn’t a small tap.”
Horner fear for a pitlane start owing to a possible chassis change for Perez.
“We might have to change the whole lot, the chassis, just as a precaution to be honest with you,” he added.
“I think first of all, we’re just getting the car back, we’ll make that call when we’ve got it back.”
