Sergio Perez Cadillac Suspension Failure Ends Lap 39 Canadian GP
Sergio Perez’s Cadillac suspension failure ended his Canadian Grand Prix on lap 39 after a front-right collapse sent him toward the pit lane at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. He wanted the team to investigate the issue because he believes there is a root cause, while also saying Cadillac still has a lot to fix operationally.
Perez Stops on Lap 39
The retirement came after Perez exited the back straight and was en route to the pit lane when the front-right suspension failed. He had started on intermediate tyres, one of seven drivers to do so, and the call quickly turned sour as the race unfolded in changing conditions.
“It’s something we need to investigate, understand, and hopefully get on top of, because it’s not ideal what happened,” Perez said after the race. He also said Cadillac was “still lacking a lot operationally” and added that the team was “not making progress in terms of performance.”
Tyre Gamble at Montréal
Perez said the team took a gamble on tyre choice and realized within three laps that it was on the wrong tyre. “The laps to the grid, it felt like it was 50-50. It was really hard to choose a tyre,” he said. “We took the gamble. I felt like it had stopped raining a little bit less, but it became a lot clearer that we were on the wrong tyre very early on. Within three laps, we killed the inter, and that was the biggest issue there.”
That left Cadillac chasing the race instead of controlling it. Perez said he had “some good pace out there” and “some good fights with the Haas” before the suspension failure ended his run.
Cadillac’s Fifth Grand Prix
The Montréal race was Cadillac’s fifth grand prix, and Perez said the team’s problems were not limited to race pace. “It’s something that we have to improve, and we are in a massive hurry, because we are not maximising the results,” he said.
He added that the team was “making progress on performance,” but said, “on the operational side, it's something that we are lacking tremendously, and we have to really find our way for the European season now.” For Perez, the job now is simple: understand the suspension failure, clean up the operations, and stop leaving results on the table.
