After 10 races, the Mexican was second general however an enormous 99 factors behind dominant teammate and double world champion Max Verstappen when he slammed into the tyre wall at flip 5.
“I can not imagine this,” stated Perez over the crew radio, with the stricken automobile trying prefer it had suffered some heavy injury.
“I clipped the grass, I believe on braking, I simply misplaced it,” he added.
The Mexican has didn’t qualify within the high ten in 4 of his earlier 5 races, with just one podium end in that span, and wishes an awesome weekend with Pink Bull reserve Daniel Ricciardo extra within the combine as a doable alternative.
Perez was compelled to skip the remainder of the session because the automobile was towed again to the pits on a truck for mechanics to start what may be vital repairs.
“It’s clearly irritating…hopefully it (the injury) is contained primarily to the entrance proper nook, which hopefully might be repairable in time for the following session,” stated crew boss Christian Horner.
“It was unlucky, he simply put a wheel on the grass and made a mistake in Flip 5.
“Hopefully he received’t have misplaced an excessive amount of by way of this session as a result of in these situations folks aren’t getting many laps in. However clearly not a really perfect approach to begin the weekend.”
Mercedes’ George Russell, who received his first profession pole place in Hungary final yr, completed first general with a lap time of 1:38.795 seconds.
Throughout the stoppage, rain started to fall and have become heavier.
Oscar Piastri of Australia completed second for McLaren, with Lance Stroll of Aston Martin third and Lando Norris of McLaren fourth.
Seven drivers, together with Verstappen and Ricciardo, didn’t set a time.
One of many seven was Mercedes’ seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, who received a file eight occasions in Hungary. The Briton exited his automobile earlier than the session’s finish, understanding he had nothing to achieve from being on observe within the situations.
With 14 minutes remaining, Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz additionally pulled out the pink flags after he beached his automobile on a kerb at flip three.
(With inputs from Reuters)
