Perez 14th at Silverstone: “Good race, one of the best this year”

From disaster to the checkered flag in one week In the previous Austrian GP, ​​both Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas had to return their Cadillacs to the pits with the brakes on fire, retiring from the race after just 4 laps. A double knockout that did not occur at Silverstone, but not only that: in Great Britain, one of them also equaled his best result of this season, despite not yet reaching the points zone. Hopes in the updates For the former Red Bull, 14th at the finish line (although favored by the penalties inflicted on Antonelli and Sainz), it is in fact a final position already obtained in Barcelona, for a result that was not excellent but in any case encouraging in view of the next races for him and for the debuting US team: “Overall it was a good race, probably one of the best of this season – he declared – we had an excellent start and we fought to keep the Haas at bay. It’s still there There’s some work to do, but we have to keep working and hopefully the next package of updates will take us higher. With a little more speed we will really be fighting with the mid-table teams and we can start competing seriously.” Stop retirements Bottas’ 13th place in China is still Cadillac’s best finish, but 16th place at Silverstone still has an aspect that should not be underestimated: “The most important thing is that we finished the race for the first time after three retirements, which is good. It’s also the first race distance we’ve completed with the updates, so we can learn a lot from both cars on how to optimize the package in the future. I think we’ve improved our overall pace. At times, especially with the hard tyres, we felt like we were a little closer to the mid-table group, maintaining a good margin over Aston Martin throughout the race.”

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2026-07-07 11:00:00