Sergio Pérez started from thirteenth position at the 2022 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix after suffering an accident in the middle of Q2 in the qualifying session on Saturday, thus complicating his first weekend as second classified in drivers championship.
However, everything turned even more twisted when on the way to his comeback, with the podium between his eyebrows, the engine of his Red Bull RB18 said enough on lap 9 of 70 of the race, closing a grand prix to forget and full of misfortune for the Mexican pilot.
A severe setback for the Red Bull team on a weekend in which they hoped to greatly increase their advantage over Ferrari in the constructors’ championship, since those from Maranello sanctioned Leclerc and they had their two cars in top form.
This was the abandonment of Checo Pérez in the 2022 Canadian GP of F1:
In this way and with Charles Leclerc also coming back from even further back, starting 19th, the podium of the Canadian Grand Prix gave an extra opportunity to one of the drivers in the middle zone who normally cannot fight to finish the races in the top three. . Since except for withdrawal, Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz seem to have the position assured.
Since the Bahrain GP, the race that opened the season, Checo Pérez had not savored a withdrawal, so these results mean the second zero for the Mexican driver so far this year, a serious blow to his title options after winning in Monaco and finishing second in Azerbaijan.
If his teammate and current championship leader, Max Verstappen , finally gets the victory and adds 25 or 26 more points, depending on the fastest lap of the race, he would increase his advantage over Checo to 46 units, almost two races.
