MELBOURNE, Australia — Sergio Perez says a technical concern affecting the brake stability on his automotive was accountable for his early exit in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix.

The Purple Bull driver ran broad at Flip 3 after locking up underneath braking on his first flying lap in qualifying. The error left Perez’s automotive beached within the gravel and means he’ll begin from final place at Sunday’s race.

“We had a little bit of a technical concern already from FP3 and we thought we might mounted that, however we clearly did not and it was actually tough,” Perez stated. “Very tough to do something on the market, simply braking I grew to become a passenger as quickly as I touched the brakes.

“It is one thing that’s shifting the brake stability fairly far forwards underneath braking and I simply hope we’re in a position to repair it as a crew tomorrow and have the ability to race and minimise the injury.”

Perez refused to enter specifics on the difficulty however stated it will be essential to repair it for the race.

“I do not need to go an excessive amount of into element however I’m assured that we will repair it as a crew and hopefully minimise the injury tomorrow,” he stated. “It may be a tough monitor to overhaul.”

He stated the difficulty, which follows a driveshaft failure on teammate Max Verstappen’s automotive throughout qualifying in Saudi Arabia two weeks in the past, was proof that Purple Bull would not have it simple at each spherical this yr.

“It reveals the margins already in qualifying how shut everyone seems to be,” Perez added. “If we’re not in a position to put all of it collectively each single Saturday and Sunday the competitors could be very robust.”