Sergio Perez suggests System one should use the approaching off-time to deal with the persistent challenges it encounters with imposing keep track of boundaries.

The Purple Bull driver at first took fifth on the grid with his remaining lap in qualifying just before it was deleted since he ran vast at switch one particular. That still left him ninth on the grid for tomorrow’s race.

Perez did not imagine he experienced fully commited an infraction at to start with, inquiring his race engineer Hugo Fowl: “Are we confident?” when explained to of his violation.

“We’ll double-test but race management information [says] we have missing it.” Fowl replied. “I never think it was out,” Perez answered.

Talking to media which includes F1 Triviaafterwards Perez admitted the problem was “frustrating.”

“Especially when it is so shut and you just have to count on the stewards,” he ongoing. “It’s what it is now, but I seriously hope that in the winter season we are equipped to uncover much better options.

“For the motorists, but also for the individuals again residence since it is just baffling for everybody. I never assume it appears to be like wonderful, ending qualifying and then you have groups that will be arguing this afternoon to check out to get penalties on other individuals.

“I just really feel like it is some perform that we have obtained forward of us to check out to appear up with a much better option on keep track of boundaries.”

Penalties for keep track of boundaries violations have been extra acute at some circuits than other individuals, notably people with flat exit kerbs and generous operate-off places. Perez explained F1 “should be doing work on a much better option than what we have now and doing work on the circuits.”

“I assume we produce these problems for ourselves just with how the circuits are,” he concluded.

Perez was one particular of 6 motorists who experienced at the very least one particular lap time deleted for a keep track of boundaries infringement in today’s qualifying session, which includes his staff mate Max Verstappen. Zhou Guanyu and Pierre Gasly also missing one particular time each and every.

Two motorists experienced two lap situations deleted for exceeding keep track of boundaries: Logan Sargeant, who unsuccessful to established a time in Q1 as a final result, and Nico Hulkenberg, who will start out one particular location forward of Perez.

Perez earlier fell foul of F1’s keep track of boundaries enforcement in qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix, in which all a few of his tries in Q2 had been struck off, leaving him fifteenth on the grid.

System one stewards urged the FIA to impose extra demanding keep track of boundaries options just after a spate of penalties at the Austrian and United States grands prix this yr.

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