Sergio Perez has vowed to learn from his race-hampering crash during Monaco Grand Prix qualifying, which dented his bid for the Formula 1 Drivers' Championship. The two-horse race for the 2023 title took a big swing in favour of Max Verstappen in the principality, who took his second Monaco win to inflict heavy damage on Perez's bid for a first world title. The Mexican crashed out in the opening part of qualifying in Monaco, which resulted in a P20 grid start. His progressed was hampered by mid-race collisions and unsuccessful tyre gambles. To make matters worse, his crash in the tight confines of the Monaco circuit necessitated the use of a crane to remove the damaged RB19 from the track. The underside of the hoisted Red Bull was then exposed to the world media, prompting circuit photographers to snap the intricate design details of the championship-leading car.
Speaking ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix, Perez, who has now been set back by qualifying incidents in two Grands Prix this season, explained how he was going to avoid further qualifying incidents in the future. "It's hard, but for me the most important of these things is to accept when you've done a mistake as a driver, put your hand up, apologise to your team, and then learn from it and understand what happened, and I've done that," Perez told media, including RacingNews365.com . "I've learned basically that I should have taken things a bit easier, everything was too late. "It was a combination of things. We decided last minute to go for that lap, and then we had the Alpine just in front of us. We had a lot of tailwind going on in the braking. "In hindsight, next time in Monaco in Q1, probably not making those decisions at the last minute will will help us as well. "But on top of all that, I should have done a better job at pre-empting the situation."
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