I expect Perez will be happy with this slip-up by Merc, it has likely saved his second place in the championship and possibly his seat for next year. Liam Lawson is probably less happy as it means Perez will be seat-blocking for another year. Ferrari is probably feeling a bit mixed about this, but on balance pleased that as a result of the Disqualifications, they outscored Mercedes and the fight for 2nd in the constructors is looking better from their perspective.
Also Ricciado’s disappointing performance. Perez is likely o perform well in Mexican GP, too.
Ricciado’s car had damage from early in the race that severely impacted performance, likely due to hitting debris. Unfortunate for Daniel, fortunate for Checo.
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DR just can’t catch a break it seems! At least the next race is Mexico where he had a good day last year. Also we got the awesome “finger gun” overtake when he picked off Ocon. Hopefully we see that energy again.
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Too funny…
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well, spend enough on it 
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Checo has to perform at his home GP this weekend otherwise they might look to ditch him despite all the warm words
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That’s if Max gets out of Mexico in one piece after the podium reaction last week…
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Well he’s the fastest man on earth at the moment.
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Despite having won both championships already, RedBull is bringing an update to Mexico. I guess they’re testing stuff designed for the 2024 car?
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Would probably be daft not to. Test the direction with nothing to lose.
FP1 of course but Albon within 1 hundredth of Max. Very impressive
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Why not. I wonder if they are doing updates to both cars?
Perez does not like the current RB19 so maybe it might not be a bad thing for him.
A bit embarrassing for Perez to be beaten by Albon in P3, Perez in the fastest car and Alex in a much slower car. Daniel did pretty well too. Still, I guess by Checo scoring over 200 points less than Max it will be saving RB getting on for £2 million in entry fees for next year, so maybe that is enough of a reason to keep him.
Welcome back Danny Ric!
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Great to see DR 4th on the grid however the biggest surprise the Ferraris sitting 1 and 2 with Max in 3rd spot.
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Bizarre that Ferrari don’t even know how it happened.
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