Checo Pérez fourth in the rating. Failure to identify the FIA ​​in the investigation

Checo Pérez will start fourth in the Sprint classification Saturday, unless approved by the FIA

Czech Perez Qualified in fourth place in the classification Sprint This Saturday, uninsured place, since pilot Red Bull He has a pending investigation for exceeding the track limit during the second quarter.

On the first timed lap, he finished second with a time of 1:06.806, being 0.044 hundredths of a second. Charles Leclerc.

The guy from Guadalajara started tumbling into the table, but on his second fastest lap he was in pole position with a time of 1:06.143, so it was a good start to qualifying.

The path has become complicated for pilots. Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, Sebastian Vettel s Carlos Sainz They saw that their cycles were wiped out by overstepping the boundaries of the path.

His time from Jalisco assured him of a place in the next round. At the time of their last start, they were in sixth place, while at the top they were leading Ferrari With Leclerc and Sainz.

The Mexican finished fourth when he crossed the streak at his first opportunity with 1:06,458, but far from what he showed Lewis Hamiltonwho was about a second faster than the guy from Guadalajara.

Czech Perez He didn’t find his best performance in Q2, falling behind the top spots and before him he had pilots like Stephen Ocon s Kevin Magnussen.

Five minutes after the end of the session, the man from Guadalajara was in the elimination zone; So he entered drilling to reconfigure his RB18 track.

Returning to the track and at his last chance, the Mexican saved the score with 1:05.805, putting himself in sixth place.

The FIA ​​announced an investigation into Checo Pérez for crossing the white line into the track at Turn 8. It came on his last recorded lap of the second quarter, so he would have finished twelfth and took his place in the third quarter by Pierre Gasly. But the FIA ​​was not sanctioned at the time and now we have to wait.

Q3 was slow and bumpy. If there is no 5 minutes left, the session ends Lewis Hamilton He went to the side through Turn 7 and hit the tire wall.

Only two minutes later and with 2:31 remaining on the clock George Russell He also made a mistake and crashed at Turn 10 causing another red flag to appear on the track.

The Mexican was fourth on his first and only chance he experienced in eRed Bull Arena They scored 1: 05.404, while the first place went to Max Verstappenwhich gave local fans joy with 1:05.092.

This Saturday may be a new duel between Red Bull s Ferrari Because in the first row Verstappen will start with Charles Leclerc, while Pérez will start against him Carlos Sainz.

Despite this result, he should go to the hosts at 7:00 pm. Austria And there to see if he will get a penalty or start from the fourth stair.