“Poorez and Snuffell”- Fans react as George Russell and Sergio Perez get a ‘hazardous’ reality check during Spanish GP Qualifying
George Russell and Sergio Perez were the shock of qualifying at Barcelona following their Q2 exit.
The 2023 Spanish GP Qualifying session was a disaster for Red Bull driver Sergio Perez and Mercedes driver George Russell. The two drivers have been on a short leash ever since the Monaco GP. With the Spanish GP coming as an opportunity to get redemption, it hasn’t been going very well so far. A lot of big dogs were knocked out very soon in the session.
Max Verstappen was the king of qualifying as he went on to get his first pole position in Spain. The Dutch championship contender was on a roll at the place where he once won his first ever F1 grand prix. Meanwhile, home hero Carlos Sainz went on to secure a front row start for Sunday. Fernando Alonso also seemed to disappoint as he did not manage to qualify at the front. However all hopes lie with the home heroes.
Meanwhile Sergio Perez and George Russell had pulled an absolute stinker as some fans would say. The former went on to make a few mistakes leading to him qualifying P11 and the latter went on to qualify in P12. Sergio has been under the microscope as he is supposed to be the only driver to challenge Max. Ever since Monaco, his performances have been disappointing.
Fans react as Sergio Perez and George Russell fail to get out of Q2
It was shocking to see Sergio Perez and George Russell pull an absolute disaster class with their poor results during qualifying. Fans had all kinds of insults to give to the two F1 drivers. Some stated that Perez should go to Alpha Tauri and others went on to terrorise George Russell. Here is how they had to react to their performance.
With the Spanish GP qualifying procuring a whole lot of drama, it will be interesting to see what happens during Sunday’s race. With Max Verstappen on pole position, Perez’s championship winning chances seem to have started to diminish.
Meanwhile George Russell got a reality check from Lewis Hamilton who qualified P5.
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