Perez recovers after disaster weekend at Silverstone: 'I needed that time'

Sergio Perez needs to improve. The Red Bull Racing driver has had a string of disappointing Formula 1 weekends and needs good results in the last two races before the summer break, the Grands Prix of Hungary and Belgium. He says the short break between the races at Silverstone and the Hungaroring has done him good.

Perez had a disastrous F1 weekend at Silverstone, where he had to start from the pits and ended up no further than 17th place. "It has been good to be able to have a period of time following the British GP, being able to take yourself away from the noise of the racetrack can sometimes be especially important," the 34-year-old Mexican explained.

"While I have spent time with my family and trained hard, I have also been in the factory with my team, on the sim and analysing how we improve this current period of form. We always work together on solutions and that is what we have been doing, working as a team to overcome things," he continued. Max Verstappen was also present at the Red Bull factory in Milton Keynes.

On the free weekend after the British GP, the Austrian F1 team visited the Goodwood Festival of Speed, where Red Bull Racing celebrated its 20th anniversary. Adrian Newey's RB17 was also unveiled there. "I think you can see how special Red Bull Racing is in moments like Goodwood Festival of Speed on Sunday, to see our history so clearly, running up the hill together, reminds you of how much we have achieved and how much we still have to achieve," Perez said.