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Will Red Bull slipstream? 'Just try to explain it to Max and Perez'
- GPblog.com
At the Race Cafe on Ziggo Sport, the importance of the slipstream in Azerbaijan is once again brought up. Robert Doornbos thinks there is no escaping the fact that teammates have to help each other in qualifying.
The slipstream is extremely important on the street circuit of Baku. On Friday we already saw the first indications that a tow can save a lot of time. When timed correctly, you can gain half a second in the last sector. Nicholas Latifi proved that in practice.
Will Red Bull slipstream?
Doornbos advises his old employer Red Bull Racing to let Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez help each other in qualifying. Still, he thinks it's not just a one-two punch. "Just try to explain it to Max and Perez of: give each other a slipstream. Perez is also just a title contender now."
Doornbos, former F1 driver: "If Perez had driven a lap longer in Bahrain [there he dropped out with technical problems], he would have been leading the championship now. Whether he's constant enough for the championship I don't know, but on street circuits.... The confidence is sky-high."