For the second successive weekend, Sergio Perez has paid the price for failing to qualify better. In Monaco he was left with an uphill struggle after crashing out in Q1, and while he only just failed to make it out of Q2 in Spain it meant a podium finish was never realistically likely. Starting on fresh mediums, the Mexican had made his way up to fourth by the time he made his first stop on Lap 27, dropping him back to ninth. By the time of his second stop he was up to third, rejoining in fifth he was soon able to overhaul Carlos Sainz but ended the day fourth, around 3.5s behind podium-finisher George Russell, who had started the race 12th, a place behind the Mexican. 'I am disappointed...
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