Perez still held back by lack of confidence in F1’s high speed corners

Not for the first time this year, Perez struggled to get going in Japan after having issues to get the RB19 balanced to his liking in Friday practice.

Overnight work did little to improve matters as he qualified fifth, some seven tenths behind his dominant team-mate Max Verstappen.

Perez’s Suzuka race quickly spiralled out of control after he made contact with Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton at the start and later speared into Haas’ Kevin Magnussen.

He…