After finishing second to his teammate, Max Verstappen, at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix Sergio Perez moved into second in the title standings. Sitting 21 points behind his teammate it looked as though Perez was in position to mount a serious title assault.

The Red Bull is now the car to beat in Formula 1 and heading to Canada Perez had form on his side and a lot of confidence. As it was Verstappen was the driver who notched up the sixth consecutive victory for the team and Perez was sidelined on lap seven with a mechanical issue.

"I got stuck in gear unfortunately," said Perez after a hydraulics fault was confirmed by the team. "Things were looking good and I had made a good start. I was on the hard tyre and making progress. I had finally got Daniel [Ricciardo] out of the DRS zone and it should have been a race where I could have worked my way through the field.

"It's a big shame. I felt I had plenty of potential in my race to make up a lot of places and recover good points. We need to keep on top of the reliability because a zero, when you are fighting for the Championship, is very painful and costly.

"You go into new regulations and there is always going to be new problems to face. Today hurts a lot, it has been a weekend to forget for me, so I want to forget about today and move onto Silverstone."

Perez now trails Verstappen by 46 points but with Charles Leclerc having finished fifth it is still the Mexican star who holds onto second position in the standings.

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