Checo Perez runs another devilish race, this time at the Brazilian Grand Prix.

For Checo Perez, Brazil was a race full of demons. Once again he had to endure to take the reins of a patched up car, which caused him too many doubts on the track. Now the situation has been made worse by rain. The Mexican and his skill behind the wheel did little to help him try to get into the points zone in a chaotic race won by Max Verstappen, a race in which he left the bottom to take the lead. The contrast is stark as the Dutchman was able to take the win, but the Mexican once again faced Red Bull’s B Team Liam Lawson in a battle for pride and to please the team management. Perez finished eleventh.

Perez is no longer silent in the face of repeated missteps in the strategy led by his traveling engineer, Hugh Bird. During qualifying on Sunday due to rain, the Mexican crashed in Q2, leaving him in 12th place. Perez blamed Bird for denying him another lap during the chaos with the Reds. flag.

– How much time is left? Perez asked over the radio.

“45 seconds,” Bird answered on the radio.

– Come on, guys, we need to make a better program!

“Unfortunately, due to our position on pit road…

– That’s no excuse, friend. No, no, no! If everyone is already waiting for the end, why are we leaving? – the Mexican reproached.

Already at the start, the Mexican had to rise to positions and not interfere with Verstappen, who started from seventeenth position. However, the Red Bull team led by Checo Perez got lost in the first corners. He was beaten by the three-time Formula 1 champion and even the Argentinean Franco Colapinto. To make matters worse, his car skidded and he spun, sending him into last place.

The rain at Interlagos made matters worse for all riders. Red Bull wanted to get ahead of everyone by installing more rain-resistant tires on lap 28, although little could be found as Colapinto took a big hit on the track four laps later, causing a red flag. The resumption of the race did not mean much change for the Mexican, who, like everyone else, had trouble seeing the car ahead. He had to fight with Sainz behind him, although the Spaniard lost control of the car. Another false start by Fernando Alonso helped Perez reach tenth place. So it was up to the Mexican to hunt down Lawson to take another point from him and win the battle with the enemy that was won last week at the Hermanos Rodriguez circuit. A clash between both energy company employees resulted in Perez losing his position in Hamilton. Verstappen made his comeback and stymied the out-of-control Lando Norris, who finished sixth. The podium was completed by Alpine’s Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly.

Checo Perez will face the final three races of the season with absolute pressure. The British press returns to the fray with a series of rumors that now put Colapinto’s name in place of the Mexican. All week the media have been jumping into the void, claiming that the Argentine is already a successor. Perez had to endure it. Another candidate to emerge in recent months is Lawson, who fought Perez at the Mexican Grand Prix and the Sao Paulo sprint race. The New Zealander gave him a comb, the Mexican called him an idiot. Jos Verstappen, the father of the reigning champion, weighed in on the matter, telling Dutch network Viaplay: “I think Lawson is doing a very good job. “He’s one step ahead of Perez.”

The Mexican is still stuck in the middle of the classification, with a significant gap behind Red Bull, who cannot fight McLaren and Ferrari as a team. The Mexican summed up how difficult his performance was in Brazil: “We didn’t do anything today,” he said on the radio.