Red Bull driver Sergio Perez’s heart must have sunk as soon as he realised his car was heading towards the gravel trap at Copse during the first session of qualifying. He was one of the first drivers to attempt to set a lap on soft tyres following the predictably changeable weather at Silverstone and while plenty of other drivers ran wide at that corner – including his teammate Max Verstappen – he was the only one who got beached. It led to him being eliminated from the session and facing a back row start alongside Pierre Gasly who had already picked up enough grid penalties to know he would b…
