While Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is leading the world championship, his teammate Sergio Perez is still in the process of getting to know the car which is crucial when it comes to extracting the best lap times out of it. Perez has now highlighted the issues he is facing and team advisor Helmut Marko has complimented Perez for his approach while also taking a jab at former Red Bull driver and current AlphaTauri driver Pierre Gasly Link to poll: https://www.youtube.com/post/UgzaTjN53MCEMhXeU-t4AaABCQ 0:00 - Marko Compliments Perez While Calling Out Gasly 1:31 - Fast Feed I'm your host Dillon Shelley and first up on Formula World: Marko Compliments Perez While Calling Out Gasly Perez began by pointing out the crux of his problems as quoted by Motorsport “It's because of small variables that I still don't feel completely at home in the car. But I see the light at the end of the tunnel” “What are small variables? Driving with different compounds, different wings and in different weather, things you can adapt to very easily if you know the car very well” He also argued that he isn’t the only driver in this predicament “I'm not the only one who struggles in a different car. I haven't suddenly forgotten how to drive either. It just takes me a bit longer than I would like, unfortunately” Marko, in conversation with Auto Motor und Sport meanwhile, praised Perez for his approach while taking a subtle shot at Pierre Gasly who was once a Red Bull driver but was infamously axed after the first twelve races of 2019 “This World Championship will be decided by the second driver of the team. Pérez is constantly improving. He does not want to reinvent the car like Gasly. Instead Checo, looks at Max, analyzes his laps and recognizes where he needs to improve” Fast Feed Iñika Rueda, Ferrari’s chief strategist has revealed that they “had two and a half hours to ask permission from the FIA to look at the damage to Charles [Leclerc’s] car” in Monaco “Once the damage is determined, [they] have to ask for the parts to be replaced” He further divulged that they only had “seven minutes” on race day to try and repair the car if they wanted to start on pole He also explained that a pit lane start was not feasible as Leclerc would be on soft tyres and a pit lane start in Monaco on those tyres would have put them at a huge disadvantage Charles Leclerc, meanwhile has stated that “Monaco I love you and hopefully one day you will love me back” Retired F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve, on the other hand, feels that “Leclerc can't blame anyone but himself for this” “He flew into the wall on Saturday, so [Villeneuve] can't feel sorry for him” Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has suggested that in Monaco, they “were always on the backfoot, it seems to be a kind of cursed race track for [them]” “It’s a little bit like Singapore where [they] never got down to the problems until very late. When you start on the backfoot and have no grip and no trust in the car, it’s very difficult to recover” He also added that the pit stop debacle was “very frustrating for [Valtteri Bottas] because it seems he’s cursed” Former F1 driver turned analyst Jolyon Palmer is of the opinion that “winning in Monaco is no guarantee that you will be fast the whole season” “If you win in Barcelona or Bahrain, the normal circuits, that's a much better assessment you have then with where you stand” “Mercedes weren't good at it this weekend, but [he doesn't] think it's the end of the world now” Retired two-time world champion Mika Hakkinen pointed out that “despite starting the season with a very fast car, it seemed that Red Bull had given the advantage back to Mercedes” Monaco, “however, showed that consistency is so important in this business” He highlighted Red Bull driver Max Verstappen’s “second win, along with three-second places. He's on form every race and that's what you need to win a championship” He also finds it “strange to think that [Verstappen has] never led a championship before” FIA’s race director Michael Masi has confirmed that “the FIA, F1 and the teams will look and investigate what is possible” with regards to introducing a new rule for qualifying As per this rule, any driver who causes a red flag will have their fastest lap time deleted He added that they “know the rule [is present] at IndyCar, which is also a rule at a number of other international FIA championships around the world” He further confirmed that they “will start looking at it and then decide together with all the important shareholders [to see] if it suits the sport or not” Should the rule to delete your fastest lap time if you cause a red flag in qualifying be implemented in F1?