Sergio Perez says he’s scuffling with braking in his Purple Bull after dropping out in Q1 on the Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix.
Qualifying noticed the house favourite eradicated in 18th place regardless of three makes an attempt to make it by means of, as he was some 0.2s away from advancing. Perez has been discovering the going troublesome all through the weekend to this point, and says a braking subject is holding him again that Purple Bull has been unable to resolve to this point.
“I’m been struggling fairly a bit with braking,” Perez stated. “Each time I attempt to brake and assault the braking, I simply put an excessive amount of vitality by means of the tires, and that makes it very difficult for me to cease the automotive.
“The final three races … I can not cease the automotive. I’m having to modulate my braking [quite a lot], and that’s one thing we are able to see within the information, however we aren’t in a position to repair it in the intervening time.
“It’s primarily on a straight line, the difficulty that we’re dealing with. I can not cease the automotive … I simply slide an excessive amount of. On condition that it’s all floor sensitivity right here, it makes it lots more durable.”
Ranging from the penultimate row on a circuit the place monitor place may be essential because of overheating, Perez admits he’s braced for a troublesome Sunday as a result of the issue is just not solely one which he has in qualifying.
“It’s going to be more durable, as a result of it’s additionally current there within the lengthy runs,” he stated. “I’ll strive all the pieces. I’ll attempt to see what we’re in a position to do with the crew, and see what options we’re capable of finding.
“We are going to talk about all of the choices. It most likely means, we’re additionally very tight on components that we have now accessible. We don’t have the spec of flooring that we wish to go onto. I don’t know, we are going to talk about for positive with the crew.
“It’s clearly very disappointing. If there’s a grand prix I wish to do rather well, it’s this one. Sadly it’s been actually troublesome and difficult, this occasion.”
