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Red Bull full of praise for Perez after 'entertaining' car cut out

Article To news overview © Red Bull Content Pool / Getty Images Red Bull's Paul Monaghan has praised Sergio Perez for keeping calm and fixing his car by himself after the RB16B cut out on the way to the grid. Perez was coming up to Turn 13 on the formation lap when his car completely switched off by itself, with the Mexican trundling to a halt as a result. Perez managed to get the car fired up again, despite his inexperience with the car, and returned to the pitlane to start the race. "Before the race was a smaller electrical issue and we dealt with that," Red Bull Chief Engineer Paul Monaghan explained. Perez had required a new Energy Store and Control Electronics to be fitted...
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