Perez admits he “f***** up” touching slippery white line as spin leaves him 19th · RaceFans

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Sergio Perez accepted blame for the error which put him out of qualifying and left him on the again row of the grid for the British Grand Prix.

The Purple Bull driver spun right into a gravel lure at Copse nook throughout Q1 and was unable to rejoin. He was tackling the nook for the primary time after switching to slick tyres because the damp monitor dried out.

“It gave the impression to be fairly moist on the entry and on the white line it was fairly slippery,” he stated in response to a query from RaceFans. “Sadly, I used to be the primary one most likely to undergo that nook on a slick tyre.

“Chilly tyres, so every thing mixed, it was the outcome. I believe folks went out most likely 20 minutes after and nonetheless it was a tough nook. However anyway, I put my hand up as a result of I fucked up immediately and tomorrow is something.”

His workforce mate Max Verstappen went off on the identical nook after the session restarted, as did Nico Hulkenberg.

Perez stated he was unable to get out of the gravel lure he spun into as a result of quantity of water which had sunk into the run-off space through the persistent showers at Silverstone.

“It was fully sunk [with] water exterior of the monitor, so I simply ended up going into the gravel,” he stated. “I couldn’t cease the automotive, I couldn’t go straight. Very unlucky incident.”

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Regardless of signing a contract extension with Purple Bull earlier this yr, Perez’s future has been the topic of contemporary hypothesis as his poor haul of factors in latest races is jeopardising his workforce’s constructors’ championship lead. Nevertheless he insisted any questions over his future has “nothing to do with” his efficiency.

“I’m absolutely focussed on my job. I’m absolutely focussed on getting the efficiency out of myself, the shape that I do know what I might be.

“Yesterday we had a really optimistic day. Issues had been wanting in the suitable course. So head down and it’s a matter of time earlier than we are able to flip round this case.”