Perez “cannot afford another zero” in F1 2023 season

The Red Bull driver lined up last for Sunday’s race, having crashed out of qualifying in Q1.

He went on to pit five times in a dismal race which saw him lapped twice by team-mate and race winner Max Verstappen, who now leads the championship by 39 points.

Despite it marking Perez’s first scoreless race of the season, the Mexican said his mistake was “very costly” and “unacceptable”.

He said: “We paid the price for my mistake and that’s been very costly. I…