Sergio Perez believes that he can make progress during the Spanish Grand Prix after qualifying fifth, and blames his result on Saturday on a lack of running during practice. The Mexican was forced to sit out FP1 on Friday to make way for Hitech Formula 2 driver and Red Bull junior Juri Vips. The Estonian’s first participation in a Formula 1 weekend was partly facilitated this weekend by the new regulation that mandates all teams running a rookie driver in at least two practice sessions throughout the season. READ: Aston Martin copygate scandal: Red Bull claim they ‘know data was downloaded’ Vips ended the session 20th and last, but managed 23 laps as he got to within 1.5 seconds of...
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