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“Unfortunately, he lost quite a bit of time on his out laps behind Alex Albon and then Lando [Norris] cost him dearly, which gave Oscar [Piastri] track position,” he said. “I think without that he would’ve won the race today.
“It’s one of those things that’s very heartbreaking for him and the team that so much effort goes in to lose a podium in the dying laps of the race.”
Despite his DNF, his performance appeared stronger on average than his team mate Max Verstappen, who crossed the line in fifth behind his championship rival Norris.
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Discussing the differences in their confidence in Baku, Horner explained that Perez “found a good rhythm and set-up” and had a “very quick” car for the race.
“I think we might’ve introduced some things with Max’s car that didn’t work as well, and I think we probably damaged the tyres quite a lot fighting in that group for such a long period of time,” he added. “If you look at George Russell’s stint, he started it very, very slowly and then just builds into it and has a better tyre at the end. So yeah, really very frustrating.”
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