SERGIO PEREZ has been tipped to pile the pressure onto Max Verstappen at this weekend’s Miami Grand Prix. Speaking to Channel 4, he said: “There’s the narrative of him [Perez] being exceptionally good on the tyres. But Hinsey added that to maintain his title charge, Perez, must make up a “half a per cent” gap on traditional circuits. He explained: “Traditional circuits, Max was about half a per cent ahead. “So I mean he had a clear gap to him on traditional circuits, half a per cent upwards of a one per cent gap to Checo. “On street circuits, there was no gap in the qualifying laps they set. He does tend to go well there, he qualifies well there, and he tends to race well there.

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