In the round-up: Sergio Perez said the timing of the Safety Car appearance hurt his race in Canada.
In brief
Perez’s race “hurt massively by the Safety Car”
Perez started 12th and finished sixth in the Canadian Grand Prix, but believes a top five finish was possible. “I felt there was a little bit more, certainly,” he said. “But we just didn’t have the pace today.”
The Red Bull driver started on the hard tyre compound and therefore did not pit along with the front-runners on lap 12 when the Safety Car was deployed. He made his mandatory tyre change later in the race, losing more time as he did.
“I think we got hurt massively with the Safety Car, it came in the wrong moment for us,” he said. “Luck is not with us at the moment, but it’s how it is at the moment.”
He took the fastest lap and bonus point after making an extra visit to the pits for soft tyres at the end of the race.
Haas pair reprimanded for lateness
Haas drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen were given official reprimands for showing up late to the pre-race drivers’ parade.
“The reason for the lateness was the team’s media and other commercial commitments that the driver[s] had to satisfy before turning up for the parade,” the stewards noted. “We considered that this was not a valid reason for the lateness.”
After qualifying second and starting fifth due to his penalty, Hulkenberg suffered badly with tyre degradation and finished 15th. “It was a one-way street in the wrong direction today,” he said. “It just once again confirms that we have a lot of work to do on the long run pace and entire consistency because that’s really hurting our Sunday.”
De Vries and Magnussen “both missed our braking point”
Nyck de Vries said he and Kevin Magnussen both braked too late when they skidded into the turn three run-off area together during yesterday’s race.
“Until the fight with Kevin it was a decent race,” he said. “We fought each other hard but I think we both missed our braking point, and with the low grip, I locked up and went straight.”
He said AlphaTauri “weren’t quite quick and competitive enough” in Canada compared to recent weekends. “We need to see why we were lacking performance to understand how to improve. Equally, it was a DRS train and wherever you were, you maintained your position.”
Lundgaard unimpressed with Newgarden
Christian Lundgaard accused Josef Newgarden of forcing him off the track during yesterday’s race at Road America.
“I tried to go around the outside of Newgarden into turn five and basically he just hit me and drove me off the track,” said the RLL driver. “If we can drive that way, it’s okay but it needs to be equal to all race tracks as well.”
He said he was “a little disappointed” to finish the race seventh. “I think we had a car to be around the podium today and at least fight for it at the end.
“I didn’t get a fuel number early enough in the last stint so I was a little surprised when they gave me a pretty big number and was trying to reach that and made a few mistakes which is something we need to look into and understand because I just started locking front [tyres] out of nowhere.”
Miyata takes Super Formula championship lead
Ritomo Miyata took the lead of the Japanese Super Formula championship from Liam Lawson with his second win of the season at Sugo.
Toshiki Oyu led the field away from pole position but succumbed to Miyata’s attack on the 13th lap. Oyu then came under attack from Sho Tsunoi and ran wide trying to defend his position at turn one, ploughing through the gravel and losing several more positions.
Tomoki Nojiri took second ahead of Tadasuke Makino and Kazuya Oshima. Liam Lawson passed Kamui Kobayashi on the final lap for sixth place after the ex-Formula 1 driver was repelled at turn one by Oshima.
With four races remaining, Lawson trails Miyata by 12 points. The series’ next round takes place at Fuji, where Lawson won on his debut in April.
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Links
Motor racing links of interest:
Report: Alex secures his best result for the team (Williams)
Dave Robson: ‘We were forced to retire Logan’s car after we spotted an oil leak, which was starting to affect his power unit. “We need to inspect the car tonight and find out exactly where the leak is coming from.’
Where Road America’s new speed is coming from – by the numbers (Racer)
‘The Carousel — site of the highest cornering loads — produced an increase from 3.0 lateral G last year to 3.4 in 2023.’
Authoritative second success for Bryce Aron, first podium for Juju Noda (Euroformula Open)
‘Bryce Aron took his second win in the Euroformula Open in dominant fashion in this morning’s race two at the Hungaroring. The American driver of Motopark took no prisoners and mastered all events, using to perfection the pole position in the reversed grid.’
Josh Mason back to victory as he takes race three in Hungary (Euroformula Open)
“In the championship standings, León has now a 42-point advantage on Bryce Aron, who has climbed to second position.”
Zane Maloney: A race in my words (F2)
‘Spa last year in F3 stands out quite far ahead of every other race I’ve ever done. In my career, I’m used to coming from a very big low to a very big high from one day to the next, but especially in Spa. Coming from the enormous crash in the Sprint to then win the Feature Race the next day was a great feeling.’
Paddock Buzz: Foyt team finds speed on road course (IndyCar)
Santino Ferrucci: ‘Our program, when we started in Thermal, we were two or three seconds off. We got to Barber and started to close the gap a little bit. Indy GP really started to close the gap. And then coming here just once again, it’s just little things. Our car right now is faster on the primary tyre, and so we’re still missing that little bit to get on the alternates tyre. So, that’s next for us in the next stage for maybe when we go to Mid-Ohio, but very proud of our entire Sexton/Chevrolet/AJ Foyt Racing crew here.’
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Call it a sh*t track, receive a sh*t truck.
Man, I love #IndyCar at @roadamerica. pic.twitter.com/o26M7Xv8HA
— Marshall Pruett (@marshallpruett) June 18, 2023
F1 race day. Ferrari challenge. Great way to spend Father’s Day pic.twitter.com/qiPa3RzqJu
— Tony Di Ioia 🐬 (@tony_di41) June 18, 2023
Troubles in turn 1 for pole winner @kyffin_simpson.
WATCH LIVE: Peacock#INDYNXT // #RoadAmericaGP pic.twitter.com/2p1cXpyNLy
— INDY NXT (@INDYNXT) June 18, 2023
This @indycar allowing people to run each other out of road on corner exit needs to stop. It’s getting a bit Wild West out there in general, they need to stop people just screwing each other over.
— Marino Franchitti (@MFranchitti) June 18, 2023
I cant help but feel like limiting the amount of DRS uses in the race would help stop these DRS trains. Would make it more of a strategic use 🤷🏻♂️ #CanadianGP * 😅
— Jake Hughes (@JakeHughesRace) June 18, 2023
Watching F1 and Indycar at the same time. Just swapped the big screen for Indy. Amazing on track battles, strategy and no DRS overtakes. Easy choice right now, let’s go @FollowAndretti @ColtonHerta 💪🏼 pic.twitter.com/zxrzm5IRRG
— Louis Delétraz (@LouisDeletraz) June 18, 2023
What @AlexPalou is doing in #IndyCar right now is so impressive. It would be so interesting to switch him into that 2nd RedBull and see what he could do in #F1
— Stefan Wilson (@stef_wilson) June 18, 2023
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