Marco: Qualifying has always been Perez’s weak point

Another Sergio Perez failure in qualifying has drawn criticism from Red Bull’s adviser…

Helmut Marko: “Perez has to control his performance in qualifying. Normally he performs better in races, you can overtake on this track, so on Sunday he has the chance to overtake easily.

Qualification has always been his weak point. But now failures happen too often. He has to work on this. And we will also work with him, because if one of your riders starts first and the other starts sixteenth, something clearly goes wrong.

Replacing Sergio? It is not necessary. He is second in the individual standings and performs well in races, unlike Nick de Vries. There is no need to take any action at this point. Moreover, there is simply no one who can replace him.

Conditions were constantly changing during qualifying. Decisions had to be made almost immediately. We thought that the result of the first attempt in the qualifying final was enough for pole position, but still we had the second, which played its part. In constantly changing conditions it was not easy to get the tires to the right temperature, but everything worked out.