Red Bull with “high hopes” to be in front of Mercedes

Sergio Perez says his team hopes to have an advantage over the Silver Arrows at the Russian Grand Prix.

Details:

• The Mexican is confident they will be able to battle Mercedes as they had a strong pace during the Italian Grand Prix.

What he said:

• “In Monza we were a lot closer than we expected to be, so I think coming here we have high hopes to be really close to them, and hopefully we are able to be in front of them.”
• “We had a couple of bad races in a row, so it was important to get that strong performance [in Monza]. Unfortunately, we lost the podium with the penalty, but we did it on track, in a track that is not really suitable for us.”