As for Perez, this is a classic case where a team's strategic mistake ends up being paid for by the driver.
Moreover, Perez was driving a rocket car and only managed to climb from eighth to fifth place, which doesn't qualify as a good race for Perez.
However, let's be honest, Master Pei did have it rough in today's race.
A perfectly good chance to fight for a race win just disappeared because of an early pit stop.
As for Leclerc...
Leclerc really gave it his all in today's race.
Qin Miao knew from mobile chats with Leclerc that Ferrari's tires degrade particularly quickly this season.
This means that Ferrari still has some competitiveness during the qualifying stage.
Sometimes it can even give Mercedes and Red Bull a scare.
But once it comes to the race, because of the tire's early degradation issues, Ferrari's speed in the latter half drops significantly.
Ferrari is like a dragon in qualifying, but like an insect during the race.
