Crimson Bull boss Christian Horner heaped reward on Sergio Perez on Sunday after the Mexican raced from ninth to 3rd at a Hungarian Grand Prix that delivered his Method One staff a report twelfth win in a row.

The rostrum was Perez’s sixth from 11 races, a tally that compares poorly to profitable teammate and world championship chief Max Verstappen’s 9 victories and two second locations.

Editor’s Picks

1 Associated

The Mexican stays second general however now a mighty 110 factors behind Verstappen and with Australian Daniel Ricciardo shifting onto the scene at AlphaTauri as a potential future alternative.

Perez wanted to provide a confidence-restoring efficiency on the Hungaring and, after pricey current errors, he delivered.

“I feel he drove a terrific race immediately,” Horner mentioned. “His restoration, his overtaking was courageous, his tempo was quick. The way in which he made the locations — passing Carlos [Sainz], passing Fernando [Alonso], passing [Oscar] Piastri, the technique that he had. He was on fireplace immediately.

“A race like that solely provides you an enormous quantity of confidence. His overtaking, the bravery that he confirmed, For me that was actually a press release drive immediately to say ‘Look, do not write me off’, and I feel it will give him a variety of confidence.”

Perez agreed it had been a powerful end result at a observe that isn’t straightforward to overhaul on.

“I feel this type of efficiency, [these] type of days, do assist. Any more I simply sit up for mainly be on the rostrum each single weekend,” he mentioned.

The Mexican had arrived in Budapest with loads of strain and made the worst potential begin by crashing in Friday’s opening apply after which ruining a set of tyres with a flat spot within the second session.

Ninth on the beginning grid was an enchancment on current races however nonetheless a good distance from double world champion Verstappen who certified on the entrance row and missed pole by simply 0.003 of a second.

“He is in such a tough, darkish place, shedding momentum and struggling from race to race,” retired 2016 world champion Nico Rosberg had noticed of Perez on Saturday in his position of Sky Sports activities tv pundit.

“And on high of that within the subsequent storage, on the Crimson Bull junior staff, they put in Daniel Ricciardo and so they say publicly he is able to go and he is able to take his place sort of factor. The strain is maximised.”