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Perez: Ferrari would have won without Verstappen retirement
Sergio Perez speaking to Sky Sports F1 after finishing fifth at the Australian GP:
"We just didn't have the pace unfortunately. I think we struggled early on. We could see Ferrari and McLaren were a step ahead of us.
"We couldn't get the balance into the window. There's some work to do for the coming races. It was a very unique tarmac and throughout the weekend we were not able to manage the best possible grip level."
On what made the difference for his lack of race pace:
"Just as a team we didn't have the pace throughout the weekend.
"We were struggling already from Friday and never got on top of the management of tyres. We just have to understand and improve.
"We already saw on a track like this, like Vegas, Ferrari were stronger than us and we couldn't look after our front tyres."
On whether Ferrari would have won if Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen did not retire:
"Absolutely yes."
Sergio Perez speaking to Sky Sports F1 after finishing fifth at the Australian GP:
"We just didn't have the pace unfortunately. I think we struggled early on. We could see Ferrari and McLaren were a step ahead of us.
"We couldn't get the balance into the window. There's some work to do for the coming races. It was a very unique tarmac and throughout the weekend we were not able to manage the best possible grip level."
On what made the difference for his lack of race pace:
"Just as a team we didn't have the pace throughout the weekend.
"We were struggling already from Friday and never got on top of the management of tyres. We just have to understand and improve.
"We already saw on a track like this, like Vegas, Ferrari were stronger than us and we couldn't look after our front tyres."
On whether Ferrari would have won if Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen did not retire:
"Absolutely yes."