Hungarian GP Follow One: Sergio Perez crashes upgraded Pink Bull as George Russell tops moist Budapest session

Sergio Perez crashed simply three minutes into opening observe in Budapest as George Russell was quickest within the rain; watch all periods from the Hungarian GP reside on Sky Sports activities F1, P2 begins at 4pm Friday; F1 Juniors shall be reside on Sky Showcase & Sky Sports activities Combine on Sunday

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Sergio Perez had a second to neglect in first observe as his ‘elementary’ mistake resulted in him crashing into the barrier

Sergio Perez crashed within the early phases of Follow 1 on the Hungarian Grand Prix as George Russell topped the timesheets at a moist Hungaroring.

Perez’s automobile went off simply three minutes into the session as he closely broken his upgraded Pink Bull, that has reprofiled sidepods and new brake cooling.

On his first flying lap, Perez dipped his left tyres into the grass, which instantly despatched him right into a spin and into the skin wall.

The Mexican stated on the radio “I can not consider this” on a weekend the place there may be additional scrutiny about his future after failing to achieve Q3 on the final 5 occasions and Daniel Ricciardo changing Nyck de Vries at AlphaTauri.

“We are saying it is Monaco with out the boundaries however these boundaries discovered Sergio Perez fairly exhausting certainly. That is all it takes. This monitor, you need to have your eyes in every single place,” reacted Sky Sports activities F1’s Anthony Davidson.

“It’s slim and comes at you thick and quick. I am shocked he was pushing so exhausting so quickly. I do know you wish to rise up to hurry as fast as doable however that is qualifying kinda stuff – taking the automobile to the sting of the monitor.

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“For me it appears like he was pushing to the extremes and extra so of what the monitor was in a position to supply.”

Former NASCAR and IndyCar driver Danica Patrick added: “That is one of many worst as a driver. Letting your group down and figuring out they’ll should work so exhausting and simply that doubt and frustration they’ve. You’re feeling actually responsible.”

Horner: Not a really perfect strategy to begin weekend

Christian Horner has publicly backed Perez regardless of his current disappointing performances and insists Pink Bull will retain the identical driver line-up for 2024.

The Pink Bull group boss says Perez merely “misjudged” the positioning of his automobile and “caught his palms up” to apologise.

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“The harm, we have not bought the automobile again, however hopefully it is contained primarily to the entrance proper nook, which hopefully shall be repairable in time for the following session,” he instructed Sky Sports activities F1 in the course of the session.

“It was unlucky, he simply put a wheel on the grass and made a mistake into Flip 5. I have never had an opportunity to talk to him but however I’ll do after the session, however hopefully he will not have misplaced an excessive amount of via this session as a result of in these circumstances individuals don’t get many laps in. However clearly not a really perfect strategy to begin the weekend.”

Sainz additionally hits the wall

Following Perez’s crash, the session resumed with 49 minutes to go however rain started to fall on the Hungaroring. Most drivers went out on dry tyres however needed to crawl again to the pit lane on a moist monitor, so the monitor was largely quiet for a interval, with dry climate forecast for the rest of the weekend.

Carlos Sainz additionally hit the boundaries however was in a position to keep on as he spun on the quick right-hander at Flip 3. Sainz misplaced management of his Ferrari in the midst of the nook and hit the boundaries on the within with the facet of his automobile.

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Carlos Sainz will get his Ferrari caught on the kerb after spinning off throughout a moist P1 on the Hungarian GP

It initially appeared like he beached his automobile, so the purple flag was referred to as, however he managed to hold on and the session was resumed with 11 minutes to go.

Solely three drivers had set a lap at this level – Logan Sargeant, Alex Albon and Valtteri Bottas – however most drivers emerged onto the monitor for the ultimate a part of the session to get a really feel of the circumstances.

Oscar Piastri and George Russell traded high spot within the closing minutes and it was the Mercedes driver who got here out on high with a 1:38.795, which was 0.359s quicker than Piastri.

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