Surprising 3rd place
Pérez achieves a great resurrection at Spa!
He can do it after all, he hasn't forgotten how to do it: after many weeks of waiting, ridicule, malice and fear for his job, Sergio Pérez has once again put in a strong qualifying performance - a great resurrection, so to speak!
The Mexican, who was about to retire from Red Bull, raced to 3rd place on the traditional Spa-Francorchamps circuit with a lap time of 1:53.765 minutes, beaten only by team-mate Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc ...
With his fastest time, Pérez was just 0.003 seconds behind the Ferrari man and 0.606 behind Verstappen. However, as the world champion is penalized with a ten-place grid penalty for a premature engine change, the Mexican can even look forward to second place on the grid.
"... then that would be very, very good!"
Even the ever-critical Red Bull boss Helmut Marko did not hesitate to offer his praise. Pérez's performance was "really great", "I hope that this will have a lasting effect". If he also performs like that on Sunday and can stay ahead of the two McLaren cars, "then that would be very, very good".
Pérez himself, who has not been better than fourth since qualifying for the Grand Prix in Miami on May 4 and was recently eliminated twice in the first qualifying phase, sees second place as "probably the best position you can wish for at Spa", so his goal for Sunday is to be in contention for victory.
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