Perez disappointed by Silverstone track

Sergio Perez admits the Silverstone track did not improve as much as he had hoped for the qualifying yesterday.

The Mexican driver is to start the race down in twelfth place on the grid.

Perez was expecting the track evolution to bring him more speed in the second phase of qualifying.

The expected increase in pace was not as much as the Force India driver had hoped and he did not manage to squeeze into the top ten, missing out on Q3 by less than a tenth of a second.

"There was the potential to be a bit quicker, but the track didn't improve as much as I was expecting," Perez said.

Perez was optimistic about starting in twelfth place later today.

He will have a new set of Soft and a new set of Medium Pirelli tyres to use in the race.

Perez admits the heat could make one-stop strategies more difficult to accomplish.

"P12 is not the worst place to be starting tomorrow: we can race well from there and points are achievable," Perez said.