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Red Bull chief accuses Sergio Perez of "sleeping" in damning French Grand Prix comments

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Red Bull chief Helmut Marko blasted Sergio Perez for his performance during the French GP.The Mexican seemed off the pace throughout the weekend as teammate Max Verstappen cruised to victory after Charles Leclerc crashed out.Perez was struggling to fend off George Russell for the final podium spot and was doing a good job until a virtual safety car was deployed.READ MORE: Charles Leclerc crashes out of French GP while leading after losing car at 100mph turnRussell secured the podium finish by producing a nifty move on Perez following the end of the virtual safety car.

The 24-year-old appeared to be backing off the Red Bull just as the period was ending, but he then accelerated quickly and appeared to catch Perez napping as he was able to overtake him on the inside.

Though Perez came back at Russell, the Briton held on to third place until the flag, prompting Marko to voice his displeasure at Perez losing the position. "It is very unfortunate that Checo was asleep at the restart," the Austrian told ServusTV . "A certain third place was lost there." Perez spoke to Sky Sports F1 and said it was not so much a case of him being caught napping, but rather he was unsure just exactly when the VSC would end. "Difficult afternoon," he said. "First of all, we should have another podium.

I don’t know what was going on with the Virtual Safety Car. I just got caught out with it, because it was telling me it was ending already from the exit of [Turn] 8."It ended up at the end of [Turn] 15.

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