Perez feels better prepared to get on top of Red Bull’s 2024 F1 car

Although he finished the 2023 season as runner-up in the F1 championship, Perez had a campaign to forget in many regards, 290 points off team-mate Max Verstappen and bereft of any victories in the last 18 rounds after missing out on Q3 no fewer than nine times.

Matters were not helped by him feeling less and less comfortable with the RB19 as the season progressed.

“We had some issues as the car was developing,” the Mexican explained.

“And the…