Verstappen can thank Perez for his victory in Baku, according to Hakkinen
Mika Hakkinen, double world champion, praises the work done by Sergio Perez in Baku. According to the Finnish driver, "Checo" has greatly helped Verstappen to win the race.
Mika Hakkinen, the double world champion in 1998 and 1999, did not hide his high regard for Sergio Perez after his second place at Baku. The Mexican once again outperformed Max Verstappen in qualifying and in all the practice sessions, just like he did in Monaco.
« Checo (Perez) is doing a truly fantastic job supporting Max at Red Bull. After his victory in Monaco, he came to Baku and was the fastest in two of the practice sessions, and ahead of Max in all of them. Qualifying second behind Charles and taking the lead at the start shows how much confidence Checo has in himself and the car. » salutes Hakkinen in his column for Unibet.
« Max must thank Checo for the victory, in my opinion, not only for accepting the team’s strategy, but also for making a 5-second pit stop at a key moment in the race. Red Bull truly has the advantage of two strong winners in their team, while Ferrari suffers with Carlos Sainz Jr who has a lot of bad luck and is unable to keep up with Charles’ pace. » continues the Finn.
Carlos Sainz has retired for the third time this season in Baku due to a hydraulic issue in his single-seater. He is now only fifth in the championship after George Russell’s latest podium.
Hakkinen is not kind to Ferrari. According to him, there are a lot of things missing at Scuderia in order to be on par with Red Bull and to be able to win the championship.
(D) The only thing everyone knows in F1 is that to win the championship, you need that combination of speed, reliability, and consistency that is so hard to find. Ferrari has the speed, but the other aspects are not there, while Red Bull is showing exceptional strength everywhere. Red Bull had some reliability issues at the beginning of the season, but they have now put that behind them. Ferrari must do the same, and quickly! (F) hopes Mika Hakkinen.
From now on, Ferrari is trailing Red Bull by 80 points in the constructor’s championship, and Leclerc is 34 points behind Verstappen and 13 points behind Perez, who is in second place.
