I had chance of Miami F1 win without engine issue

Perez qualified fourth for Red Bull on Saturday, and spent the early part of the race closely tailing Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz for third.

But just as Perez began to close on Sainz, he reported a loss of engine power to his Red Bull engineer, who initially said thought the time loss was because of dropping out of Sainz’s tow.

The team ultimately found there had been a sensor issue on Perez’s engine, but the Mexican was able to take a free pit stop for fresh mediums under…