The Mexican claimed his first victory in his sixth race for Red Bull at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after teammate Max Verstappen crashed out due to a tyre failure five laps from the end. Perez - who replaced Albon in the team at the end of last year - said before the season started that it would take him around five races to get up to speed in Red Bull’s 2021 F1 car and revealed that Albon’s early advice helped speed up his adaptation process. “Alex is putting so much work into the simulator with the engineers,” Perez explained in a Red Bull video. “I remember, when I came here, you wouldn’t expect him to be so open with me. But he was explaining all of the issues that he had,...
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