Red Bull reveals Perez came close to Miami F1 GP retirement

Perez had been running close behind Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz in the early stages of the race, and appeared poised to launch a challenge for what would have been third spot when his engine lost power.

The problem was traced to a sensor fault triggering an automatic shutdown of some systems, and the team’s engineers had to reprogramme things to keep him going.

Despite the ongoing loss of power, Perez still managed to shadow Sainz home and finish fourth, having attempted a…