Last Updated: October 30, 2023, 02:30 IST
MEXICO CITY:Red Bull’s Sergio Perez retired from his home Mexican Grand Prix after colliding with Ferrari’s pole-sitter Charles Leclerc on the first nook on Sunday.
Perez, already beneath stress for a run of poor type, tried to cross the Ferrari across the exterior however their wheels made contact, with the Red Bull pitched into the air and on to the run-off with sidepod harm whereas Leclerc continued.
The Mexican received his automotive again to the pits and stayed in it for a protracted whereas earlier than getting out, hitting the steering wheel in frustration.
This yr’s race has drawn a report 400,639-sturdy attendance, most of them coming to cheer on a home hero who mentioned earlier than the weekend that it was his most vital race of the season.
Perez had stood proudly on the singing of the nationwide anthem and the group on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez had yelled his title earlier than the nightmare unfolded and tears changed the cheers.
The Red Bull driver had began fifth and made a fast getaway, with triple champion Max Verstappen going previous Leclerc on the within to take the lead because the Ferrari was caught in a sandwich.
While Perez will stay second within the championship standings after beginning the race with a 39-level benefit over Mercedes’s Lewis Hamilton, the clean will gas additional hypothesis about his future at Red Bull.
The workforce and Verstappen, who’s chasing a report sixteenth win of the season, have already gained each championships.
(Writing by Alan Baldwin in London, enhancing by Clare Fallon)
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – Reuters)
