Marko Hanželic
In the warm-up circuit of the race for GP Bahrain je Mexican namely turned off the car: “In the middle of the turn, it all went off. I was about to get out of the cockpit, but at the same time I remembered Jonathan Wheatley’s instructions and tried to restart the engine. It worked. "
What a combination of buttons it is Perez pressed is not known, but it is clear that he carried out the matter himself: "Because it all went off, I didn't hear my engineers," which was also confirmed by the chief engineer Paul Monaghan: "There was no radio connection, so we couldn't tell him what to do so he could restart the drive unit."
Hectic in the team’s pits Red Bull indicated problems even before the start of the start procedure, when the "red bulls" frantically changed the engine control unit and the battery, as an unknown person crept into the telemetry anomaly in the data.
"We had a minor electrical defect before the race," he confirmed Monaghan: "Nevertheless, before the start, the error could no longer be detected. In the middle of the heating circuit, the problems reappeared and as a precautionary measure, the engine was therefore switched off. Checo reacted great and reset everything - imagine everything like a computer when the operating system freezes. "
He did not succeed in the race a venture from last year, but the fifth place is a nice success considering what is happening before the race, especially because the qualifications in which Perez after gambling with tires finished only on 11. place, were not exactly top notch. That's why Perez is happy to be able to drive the whole race: "I'm glad I was able to drive a good number of miles with the race car so I could get used to it better."
His speed is not yet up to par Max, which he himself is aware of: “I get all the lag behind the Max in two turns, so I still try to adapt my driving style to the characteristics of the car as much as possible. This will probably take me some more time, because everything is quite different from what I was used to. "
