Sergio Perez says Liam Lawson has the improper perspective for Formulation 1 as a result of variety of incidents he has been concerned in, together with their collision within the Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix.
Lawson was making an attempt to defend from Perez early within the race and was pushed large at Flip 4, rejoining on the within of Flip 5 to attempt to struggle again. The pair had mild contact because the struggle continued for 2 extra corners earlier than Lawson remained forward, with each drivers buying and selling insults on staff radio and the RB driver gesturing at Perez when he overtook him once more later within the race.
“I don’t have any relationship with him,” Perez stated. “I feel the best way he has come to Formulation 1, I don’t assume he has the precise perspective for it. He must be a bit extra humble, you recognize. When a two-time world champion [Fernando Alonso] was saying issues final weekend, he fully ignored him.
“Once you come to Formulation 1, you’re clearly very hungry and so forth, however it’s important to be respectful off-track and on-track. I don’t assume he’s displaying the precise perspective to point out an excellent tempo for himself, as a result of I feel he’s an excellent driver and I hope for him that he can step again and be taught from it.”
With the stewards investigating their run-in however not taking any additional motion, Perez claims Lawson additionally isn’t getting the precise message about his strategy to racing.
“It was trying good. We had been already as much as P10. I had a maneuver into Flip 4, after which he was outdoors the monitor and simply got here straight [back on], like if there was no automobile. I feel he might have averted the incident however he simply went again. Fortunately I noticed him and I opened up room, in any other case it will have been an enormous crash.
“There was no want; we broken each of our races. I feel it was just a bit bit an excessive amount of, however I don’t assume it’s his fault. He’s not getting any penalties as properly. He did the identical with Fernando, with Franco [Colapinto] ultimately. There are not any penalties or none of his fault as properly.
“I feel he’s simply racing everybody uncontrolled in the mean time.”
Colapinto was the motive force who acquired a penalty for his collision with Lawson, with the stewards deeming the Williams didn’t depart room on the surface of Flip 2. Nevertheless, Perez believes Pink Bull wants to talk to Lawson about his driving.
“I feel you see these kids, clearly very hungry for it, and so they’re actually passionate and it’s nice to see,” he began. “They’ve nice expertise, however I’m simply speaking about Lawson on this regard — I feel in his two first grands prix he has had too many incidents and I feel there will probably be a degree the place it might price him an excessive amount of, like he did this weekend.
“He has to have the precise perspective to say, ‘Look, I’m overdoing it a bit of bit; I’ll step again and begin once more.’ It’s all the training it’s important to do as a teen, as a result of if you happen to don’t be taught out of your errors, Formulation 1 is a brutal world and he may not proceed.
“Right now it price Pink Bull Racing numerous factors, so I feel they need to converse to him.”
