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2023 Formula One World Championship
2023 Austrian Grand Prix
Round 9
Red Bull Ring
Spielberg, Austria
Sunday, 2 July 2023
Sergio Perez will be eager to bounce back to winning ways by winning the
Austrian Grand Prix after failing to secure a podium spot in the last three races.
Most recent race
The Red Bull Racing-RBPT driver endured a disappointing race at the Canadian Grand Prix on June 18 as he finished sixth with his title hopes to take a knock.
Starting the race in P12 on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Perez made progress as he passed six cars and finished sixth with his teammate Max Verstappen winning the race.
Formula One title ambitions
The Mexican racing driver is placed second on the World Drivers' Championship standings having accumulated 126 points from seven races.
Perez, who is the 2022 Formula One world championship third-place finisher, is 69 points behind leader Verstappen as the battle for the championship continues.
Why Perez could win the 2023 Austrian MotoGP
The 33-year-old has won this season's Saudi Grand Prix and Azeibjaban Grand Prix as he asserts himself a contender for the 2023 Formula One World title.
Perez will be looking to clinch his third win of the campaign at the Austrian Grand Prix and get his title ambitions back on track.
What did he say?
"I felt there was a little bit more, certainly, but we just didn’t have the pace today," Perez said after the 2023 Canadian Grand Prix.
"We did struggle. I think we got hurt massively with the Safety Car – that it came in at the wrong moment for us. Luck is not with us at the moment, but it is how it is.
"The ride hasn’t been great, so on the braking, I think was the biggest thing – and it’s where we think we need to come on top of and make sure we are able to figure out what’s happening and come back strong," he added.
"It’s how it is, but I think it’s something mentally you have to be strong and I’m strong and I know I will overcome this difficult period of basically two races – because Monaco, yeah I did a mistake, it was a bad weekend, but I think without that we had the pace. But it’s a little bit more frustrating not having the pace."
2022 Austrian Grand Prix results
Winner: Charles Leclerc - Ferrari
Runner-up: Max Verstappen - Red Bull Racing-RBPT
Third-place: Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes
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