Formula 1 is currently taking a break after the Australian Grand Prix, where Perez finished fifth, and will resume with the Azerbaijan Grand Prix at the end of April.
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Red Bull’s Sergio Perez has come under fire from ESPN journalist Miguel Gonzalez on Twitter for failing to pose with his son after dinner as per formula1news.co.uk. Gonzalez criticised the Mexican driver for turning down the opportunity to pose for a photo and claimed that his son sobbed as a result of the driver’s refusal. Despite the tweet receiving a lot of attention and being widely shared online, Perez has not yet responded. Formula 1 is currently taking a break after the Australian Grand Prix, where Perez finished fifth, and will resume with the Azerbaijan Grand Prix at the end of April.
“Thanks to @SChecoPerez for ignoring and turning your back on my son when you were leaving the restaurant,” Gonzalez had initially tweeted. “Incredulous, I approached you to ask if you could take a picture with him and you declined, saying that you came with your family. This time the tears you provoked were not from emotion.”
Gonzalez has since apologised and expressed regret for the venomous original tweet, but Perez has remained silent as social media continues to debate the issue. Today I have to offer a sincere apology to @SChecoPerez… I insist that he is within his rights. My reaction was wrong. Sincere apology,” he tweeted later.
Toto Wolff is optimistic about Mercedes’ progress after Lewis Hamilton secured the Silver Arrows’ first podium finish of the year in Melbourne, but he is troubled by the “mind-boggling” speed gap between the W14 and Red Bull’s RB19. At Albert Park, George Russell and Lewis Hamilton qualified in positions two and three, respectively. Both drivers got off to a quick start and passed Max Verstappen on the opening lap. Russell and Hamilton then led the race for the first seven laps in a Mercedes one-two.
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“I think we made a good step forward this weekend on both single lap and race pace,” the Austrian said. “Is this where our baseline needs to be? I’m not sure. I think we maximised what we have. I think it was good to see we were racing Ferrari and Aston Martin, and we just need to consolidate that. And the more we learn about the car, and bring the upgrade packages, we can challenge the leaders more.”
When asked about Red Bull’s pace, Wolff said, “[Red Bull] have a straight-line speed advantage with the DRS open that is just mind-boggling. But this is meritocracy, this is sport and if you have a car that is that quick on a straight, it is up to us to sort this out and find tools in order to have that same straight-line performance.”
