Sergio Pérez steered he may gain advantage greater than teammate Max Verstappen from any repair to the automobile points which have slowed Components One champions Purple Bull.

The Mexican driver additionally informed reporters forward of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix that the issues might need been masked by the drivers’ completely different types.

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Purple Bull and once-dominant triple champion Verstappen are on a six-race dropping streak, with the Dutch driver ending solely sixth in final spherical’s Italian Grand Prix, gained by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.

Presently holding an eight level lead over McLaren within the constructors’ standings with eight extra races left, Purple Bull threat falling behind their rivals in Baku because the season enters its remaining long-haul section.

McLaren’s Lando Norris is 62 factors behind Verstappen within the drivers’ battle, whereas Pérez — seventh within the standings — has failed to complete within the high three within the final 11 rounds.

Requested about Verstappen’s latest remarks on the Purple Bull’s efficiency, Pérez stated his crew in all probability didn’t discover the severity of the issues with Verstappen “coping effectively with them.”

“It wasn’t so apparent the problem with [Max’s] driving type, the place with my driving type all of it grew to become much more obvious in all probability since race quantity three of the season,” Pérez added.

“The problems I used to be having they only obtained worse and worse and now Max appears to be discovering comparable points.

“[Resolving the issue] is one thing that may assist each drivers. It is going to assist me much more, you recognize, due to the driving type I’ve,” he stated.

Purple Bull chief engineer Paul Monaghan, talking on Friday concerning the automobile’s upgraded ground, hoped to see an enchancment in Sunday’s race.

“We have licked our wounds, discovered our classes. Properly, the proof within the pudding will clearly be on Sunday, however now we have tried to convey adjustments to the automobile and make it higher,” he stated.