For the third successive race weekend, Helmut Marko has criticised Sergio Perez' performance, claiming the Mexican appeared to be on 'summer break mode'. Speaking in France after Perez was caught out by George Russell at the restart that followed the safety car, thereby losing the final podium place to the Mercedes driver, Marko suggested the Mexican had been drunk. 'Checo was sleeping at the restart,' he told Germany's Suddeutsche Zeitung. 'Maybe he drank tequila yesterday.' This followed criticism of the driver at the previous race in Austria, following the early move on George Russell in which the pair clashed and subsequently led to the Mexican having to retire due to the damage...
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