Early exit for Perez in Australia: Mexican causes red flag in Q1

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07:12, 01 Apr 2023

For Sergio Perez, qualifying was over after just over five minutes. On his first flying lap, the Red Bull Racing driver braked, failing to make the corner and getting stuck in the gravel. The Mexican will start at the back in the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday.

Perez already had a very difficult third free practice session. There were problems with the front end of Perez's RB19 and, according to Helmut Marko, even"everything went wrong". For Max Verstappen's team-mate, it is a major setback after his victory a fortnight ago in Saudi Arabia.

He himself revealed over the team radio: "We need to sort that issue man. It was the same f****** issue again." Another technical problem with the car, it seems.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	131
2	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	88
3	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
4	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	72
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	58
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	48
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	43
8	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	20
9	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	16
11	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	15
12	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	14
13	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
14	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	5
15	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	1
17	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	1
18	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
19	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
20	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
21	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0
22	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	0

Early exit for Perez in Australia: Mexican causes red flag in Q1

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