Sergio Perez knew he was in for a long afternoon in Montreal, after a poor qualifying yielded just 12th on the grid. The Mexican opted to start on the hard compound tyre in a bid to overcut the midfield in the first stint, and coming home sixth he could have been satisfied with his recovery.
I’d be concerned too if I was performing like that in the same machinery that was destroying the whole field.
It almost feels like he pressured himself talking about the title bid and ended up psyching himself out.