“Checo Pérez, his rhythm in Azerbaijan and the prelude to Red Bull’s monothematic dominance” | OPINION

After an exhausting pause of a month, the category has restarted excitement in Azerbaijan. The Saturday sprint has served for the protagonists and teams to present their credentials. This has been the case with the first street map of the year where Red Bull has shown that he is still the great rival to beat and that Checo Perez fits smoothly in the streets. Although Ferrari has shown improvements, in large part because the performance of the car is always being repowered on tight and twisty circuits, the pace imposed by the Mexican driver seems like the prelude to an overwhelming restart of a new monothematic domain of Red Bull.

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The stage seems paved for a new title for the winged team, however it is impossible not to get carried away by the morbidity of the Verstappen – Pérez confrontation. With a championship in its preliminary stages and no declared favorite for Christian Horner, the drivers have the freedom to battle it out on the track. It is quite probable that at this time the team is more concerned about the collisions that their drivers may have with each other (product of the open hostility prevailing) than about what Leclerc or Alonso can put on the track.

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It is not easy to feel the rejection of some sector of the fans when the numbers say that you are the best. He felt it a few years ago hamilton and today he perceives it Max. Yesterday he was extremely irascible. For a pilot who has been characterized by icy nerves and deadpan phrases, this new version is unprecedented. An attitude typical of the reality that lives with his teammate and that increases with his annoyance in running on street circuits. “F1 cars are simply not made for driving on the streets. Street circuits are fun for photos, but not for racing,” Verstappen recently admitted. There is no doubt that Max has realized that the path to this title will be more complicated than usual.

Source: Elcomercio

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