Listen to this article Perez made it clear that he wasn’t happy that he was asked to let Verstappen past into the lead in later stages of the race. However, Horner insists it would have been an “unfair fight” because at the time the Dutchman was on a quicker three-stop strategy. In the end having ceded the lead, Perez also stopped three times, and he eventually finished 13 seconds behind the sister car. Horner said the Mexican wasn’t necessarily able to see the bigger picture during the heat of battle. “I spoke with him when he got out the car,” he said when asked by Motorsport.com how he would deal with Perez. “The problem for any driver, if they don’t have the clear overview of the strategy or a race put in front of them, it’s always going to be emotive to give up a lead. “But he played very much the team game, I think he understood clearly …