Christian Horner believes that Sergio Perez is not prone to all kinds of speculations about his future fate, nothing prevents his normal work with the team, therefore the continuation of cooperation with Red Bull Racing is not in doubt.
The Mexican has been talked about quite a bit in recent months, as he is clearly inferior to Max Verstappen, who continues to win race after race, while Perez is now even sporadically on the podium: since May’s stage in Monaco this is only him succeeded five times. In Mexico City, in his home Grand Prix, Sergio wanted to take the lead in the first corner after the start so much that he launched an impetuous attack, which in theory could have been successful, but due to the mistakes he made, it was all disappointing. ended in retirement.
But in Brazil Perez had a better weekend, taking 3rd place in the sprint on Saturday, and in the race on Sunday he fought with Fernando Alonso to the finish for 3rd place, and their duel became one of the brightest episodes of the Grand Prix of Sao Paulo.
“In my opinion, Sergio drove excellently,” said Horner, head of Red Bull Racing. “His car became slightly destabilized in Turn 2, which allowed Fernando to attack, and on the straights he was very fast.
Perez did his best but still earned 12 points more than Lewis Hamilton in Brazil and I thought he had a lot of confidence last weekend. He finished third in the sprint and fourth in the race, although he started from ninth position.
This result is important to support his self-confidence. This is the same Sergio we know, who is capable of a lot, and this will give him extra strength ahead of the race on the city circuit in Las Vegas. And he always performs well on such tracks.”
Speaking about the extent to which all kinds of rumors are affecting his driver, Horner said: “I’m sure it’s all taking its toll. But I think this is one of Sergio’s strengths: we see that he has a very thick skin, and more than once he has managed to pull himself together and return to his previous level.
I am absolutely sure that Sergio will be our driver next year. Unless circumstances occur that are beyond our control, injury or the like. But we have clear intentions to continue working with him. We have confirmed the AlphaTauri line-up, it is clear to us who will drive for Red Bull Racing – these are the drivers we will compete with in 2024.”
Two stages before the end of the season, Sergio Perez occupies 2nd place in the individual classification, 32 points ahead of Lewis Hamilton.
Source: F1 News
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