Perez 'very sorry' for crash, fears damage | Sainz: I couldn't avoid him

Sergio Perez apologised to Red Bull for his late crash in Monaco GP qualifying and hopes his car can be repaired following the bizarre Carlos Sainz shunt.

​​​​​​After trading times with Charles Leclerc in the final practice session earlier in the day, Perez seemed confident he could compete for pole and went on his final flying lap of Q3 in pursuit of improving his third-place time.

However, in the middle of the lap, Perez lost control of the rear at Portier, sliding into the barrier and prompting a yellow flag which came too late for Sainz to fully react, with the Ferrari then shunting into the back of the Red Bull and adding to the damage.

Perez was clearly disappointed with how his Qualifying session unfolded and fears his team must urgently repair his car in time for Sunday's Grand Prix where he will start just in front of his teammate Max Verstappen on the second row.

"It was important, we had a very solid base in P3 we were there, and we knew we were going to attack every single lap," said Perez.

"But, in Q3 when it mattered, on my final stint and my final lap it was very poor.

"People were not respecting the delta and I ended up with +4 seconds time delta and was behind one of the Ferraris.

"My rear tyres were on the cold side, I nearly lost it into turn one but it was going well up to eight, I thought it might come back to me in the second and third sector.

"Turn eight was one of the corners I was losing the most so tried to anticipate the corner and get back on the throttle early, and as soon as I touched the throttle I became a passenger.

"Really disappointed it ended up that way, my boys have a long night tonight so I'm very sorry for them. But we're still in a good position and hopefully tomorrow we can