Red Bull driver Sergio Perez feels he could have been much closer to his team mate Max Verstappen in the drivers championship, if not for three costly retirements and failures to finish in the first 13 races of 2022. Perez is currently in third place in the standings, just five points behind Ferrari Charles Leclerc. But he’s 85 points behind Verstappen with just nine races remaining in this year’s campaign. Perez failed to finish the season opener in Bahrain due to a fuel system problem, and also retired from the Canadian GP with a gearbox hydraulics issue. Accident damage put…