Mexican Sergio Perez reminded his Formula One critics that he remains a contender after finishing second in an Austrian Grand Prix sprint on Saturday.
The Red Bull driver has failed to stand on the podium for three races in a row and on Friday qualified outside the top 10 for Sunday's race at the Red Bull Ring for the fourth race in a row.
"I haven’t lost it, you know, you don’t go from winning races to all of a sudden being a very bad driver," Perez told reporters when asked how good the result was for his confidence. "I think people in the sport forget the amount of detail we are operating at. When you don’t have everything together, then you see a big difference," continued Perez.
Perez won two of the first four races and had been poised to take the championship lead from Verstappen in Miami in May when it all started to go wrong.
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