Dr Helmut Marko lashed out at Sergio Perez’s “stupid” qualifying crash that may just have cost the Mexican his shot at the world championship. Trailing teammate Max Verstappen by 14 points in the drivers’ standings, Perez said Monaco was a critical weekend for him. “I don’t want him to start building that gap on points,” he said. “You can’t crash like that with a car like that,” the Dutchman added. “With a car like that, you can’t be out in the first segment. “On the one hand, I don’t think Verstappen’s victories are killing the intrigue, because Sergio Perez has already won two races,” he told La Gazzetta dello Sport.

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