Perez uses Verstappen's settings so as not to get lost

 The new driver in the ranks of the Red Bull team in Formula 1 Sergio Perez admitted before the start of the weekend for the Spanish Grand Prix that he uses the settings of his teammate Max Verstappen while still getting used to the car of the Bulls.

The Mexican has spent the last seven years with Force India / Racing Point but lost his place in Silverstone to four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel. He was later recruited to Milton Keynes, where they desperately needed a replacement for Alex Alban after the Thai's unsatisfactory performance against Verstappen.

Perez will need five races to fully adapt to the Red Bull team

Perez's adaptation to a car with a completely different concept from that of Racing Point was further complicated by the shortest pre-season tests in the history of the sport, which lasted only three days. In them, he was behind the wheel of the RB16B for only a day and a half, which is not enough to adapt to the characteristics of the car. For this reason, the Mexican relies on the settings of his teammate, so as not to get lost in their refinement, which can cost him much more.

"I come up with the idea that I have to adapt to the car first. We have such limited track time this year, with shorter tests, shorter Friday workouts, that everything happens very quickly. It is very difficult to do the work as before when we had more time in training. Now you have literally two outings on the track and the day is over.

Perez is changing his driving style because of the Red Bull car

"At the same time, I have very solid starting points in Max's face. He removes 110% of the car from the first workout until the end of Sunday. So I think I should first get as close as possible to its level, and then start playing with the settings. It doesn't make sense to do something different because otherwise I will get lost, "Perez commented.

In his first three starts with Red Bull, the Mexican recorded a fourth, fifth and 11th place, as well as a first row, start during the Grand Prix of Emilia-Romagna at Imola.

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