Sergio Perez believes his slow time in Q2 for the Spanish Grand Prix was down to tyre warm up. The Mexican qualified fifteenth and slowest of all the runners in the second session of qualifying. He is still hopeful however of recovering during the race and scoring points.
Perez was out-qualified by teammate Esteban Ocon for the third time this season tipping the scales in the Frenchman's favour in their qualifying battle.
“It was a disappointing qualifying session,” said Pérez. “Q1 was okay and the car and tyres were working well, but in Q2 we lost so much performance.
“It’s really odd because we used the same strategy as we did in Q1, but the tyres behaved totally differently.
“We could not switch them on and the car was sliding around, which is why my lap was four tenths slower than Q1,” Pérez added.
“I still hope we can fight back tomorrow and come away with some points.”
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