Perez on recent struggles: 'Bigger when a Red Bull driver has it'

Sergio Perez was back on the front row of the grid in the sprint race of the Austrian GP after a long time. Since the Miami GP, the Red Bull Racing driver has not been in good form. At the Austrian GP weekend, the Mexican is biting off his head.

Perez has completely lost touch with championship leader and teammate Max Verstappen in the last four races. In Austria, he is the number two again and that stands out. So during the press conference, the media is asked what this good weekend is doing to him.

"I haven't lost it. You don't go from winning races to all of a sudden being a very bad driver. I think people in the sport forget the amount of detail that we are operating at. When you don't have everything together, then you see a big difference. I know that I've had a rough period, many drivers have had that, but it seems to be even bigger when a Red Bull driver has it," the Mexican said in the post-sprint press conference.

On Thursday, Perez was still not fit and had to miss the PR activities at the Red Bull Ring. Of the race sessions, he did not miss anything. However, the Mexican still sounded a bit sick. Perez: "I'm not that good. I'm just recovering. It's going to be a tough race tomorrow."