Sergio Perez knew he was in for a long afternoon in Montreal, after a poor qualifying yielded just 12th on the grid. The Mexican opted to start on the hard compound tyre in a bid to overcut the midfield in the first stint, and coming home sixth he could have been satisfied with his recovery.
It’s just like Lewis vs. Bottas every year. Some drivers are just insanely consistent.
It must be mentally so rough, you start the year fresh, get some points, the other guy is just having a bit more luck, right? Then race after race it becomes clear that he can pull a few tenths here, a couple hundredths there, and you just, well, can’t. Not every lap, at least, not while preserving your tyres, staying out of the barriers, stretching your fuel…
How do you go back to the track without facing the fact that you’re competing for P2 in a P1 car?