Sergio Perez took two wins within the opening 4 races of the 2023 F1 season however watched Max Verstappen dominate from the Miami Grand Prix onwards in Could; Perez held off a late problem from Lewis Hamilton to take second place within the Drivers’ Championship
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Karun Chandhok, Ted Kravitz and Bernie Collins talk about which drivers impressed probably the most this season past Max Verstappen.
Karun Chandhok, Ted Kravitz and Bernie Collins talk about which drivers impressed probably the most this season past Max Verstappen.
Sergio Perez says his goal for 2024 is to topple Pink Bull team-mate Max Verstappen and win the System 1 world title.
Perez completed runner-up to Verstappen this 12 months to present Pink Bull their first ever one-two within the Drivers’ Championship however he completed 290 factors behind the Dutchman.
Going into the Miami Grand Prix, the Pink Bull pair shared two wins every and Perez beat Verstappen on benefit in Baku.
Nevertheless, Verstappen received from ninth on the grid in Miami with a late race overtake on pole-sitter Perez and went on to win 17 of the following 18 races, together with a record-breaking 10 in a row.
As for Perez, his type dipped and he failed to succeed in Q3 for 5 consecutive occasions and did not beat Verstappen for the remainder of the season.
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Ted Kravitz and Karun Chandhok talk about Max Verstappen’s dominance of the 2023 F1 season.
Ted Kravitz and Karun Chandhok talk about Max Verstappen’s dominance of the 2023 F1 season.
Requested by Sky Sports activities F1 if he nonetheless has the idea to win the championship subsequent 12 months, Perez stated: “That is the principle goal. I already completed second and my major curiosity is to do one higher. I am conscious of the problem it’s.
“We’re going to take this winter time to attempt to begin the season on a excessive and be capable of keep that stage of consistency all through the season.”
Perez labels Verstappen’s 2023 as greatest season ever
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With the System 1 season having come to an finish, we glance again at how Pink Bull’s Max Verstappen dominated to safe a 3rd straight world title.
With the System 1 season having come to an finish, we glance again at how Pink Bull’s Max Verstappen dominated to safe a 3rd straight world title.
Perez’s 290-point deficit to Verstappen within the remaining standings is the largest margin in F1 historical past between first and second place.
The Mexican spent per week within the Milton Keynes manufacturing facility after Verstappen secured the title on the Qatar Grand Prix in October to know why he was slower than his team-mate.
He says this 12 months has made his facet of the storage “stronger” and sees Verstappen as the very best reference on the grid.
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Relive the ten most dramatic crashes from this 12 months’s System One season.
“I believe we’d like higher tempo, and a really constant season. I believe we went by means of a little bit of a rollercoaster this 12 months,” stated Perez, who’s contract expires on the finish of 2024.
“Subsequent 12 months, we now have a brand new alternative. To be trustworthy, I felt like I used to be not completely at one with this 12 months’s automobile.
“I hope that subsequent 12 months we could be a lot higher, quite a bit stronger. We got here again in the direction of the top of the 12 months. I believe the previous few races have been quite a bit stronger for us. We have got to present credit score to Max. I believe he is achieved the very best season in historical past and he is been excellent.”
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