Perez made “good progress” with compromised Red Bull F1 car in US after sim work

He’s expecting to take further steps in front of his home crowd in Mexico City this weekend.

Perez and his engineers dug deep in the sim running as they tried to get him back to the sort of pace he showed earlier in the season after a run of frustrating weekends.

The sprint race format at COTA made it hard to fully judge the results, as like all drivers Perez was committed to his set-up after FP1.

He moved forward in both races, rising from…