Perez felt Verstappen was hindrance at crucial point in Abu Dhabi
Sergio Perez believes that Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen 's pace in the middle stint of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was a key reason why he lost out to Charles Leclerc.
Perez was locked on points with Leclerc in the fight for P2 in the standings, with whoever finished ahead set to claim the runner-up spot.
After the initial round of pit-stops, Perez was tucked up behind Verstappen thanks to the powerful undercut, sitting about two seconds behind.
He radioed into the team to ask them to tell the Dutchman to speed up, seeing as he was to employ a two-stop strategy.
In the end, clever Ferrari strategy dummied Perez into stopping early and ultimately falling 1.3 seconds short of Leclerc in a chase to the line as the Monegasque took P2 in both the race and season.
However, Perez felt that not being able to deploy his full pace in the middle stint behind Verstappen was crucial. Perez'...