Last month, Red Bull announced that Sergio Perez will be replacing Alex Albon as Max Verstappen’s team-mate in 2021, with the Thai driver being demoted to the team’s reserve and test driver. READ: ‘I Want To Be Quick Anyway’: Carlos Sainz Looking To Be Immediately Fast At Ferrari Verstappen has since said he hopes that
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Alex Albon will compete in some rounds of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) Championship which don’t clash with his reserve and test driver duties at Red Bull. Alex Albon lost his seat at Red Bull Racing to Sergio Perez following the end of the 2020 F1 season, and the team previously said they were open
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Aston Martin Racing team principal Otmar Szafnauer has said it is a shame that they couldn’t run Sergio Perez as one of their drivers in 2021. Perez, who recently signed a deal with Red Bull Racing for 2021, was under contract with Racing Point for next season but the team opted to axe him to
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Helmut Marko, head of Red Bull’s driver development programme and a senior team advisor, has said that he believes Daniel Ricciardo was increasingly struggling to keep up Max Verstappen and suggested that’s why he decided to leave the team two years ago. He made the remarks when speaking about Red Bull’s decision to drop Alex
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The last three second drivers at Red Bull – namely Daniil Kvyat, Pierre Gasly and Alex Albon – failed to match Max Verstappen in equal machinery, but, given how Sergio Perez performed last season, it is expected that the Mexican should be at least able to serve as a reliable rear-gunner for the Dutch ace.
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Red Bull announced that Sergio Perez will be partnering Max Verstappen at the team next year on 18 December – but some members of the F1 community believe that the deal was agreed several days prior, due to the fact that Perez, Christian Horner and Helmut Marko took a picture together while still in Abu
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News that Sergio Perez will be joining Red Bull next year was largely welcomed by the F1 community, as most fans believe the Mexican deserves at least another year in the sport after having such a strong season. 1996 F1 World Champion Damon Hill has said he believes it is “great” that Perez landed a
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Ex-F1 driver Damon Hill has warned that Red Bull might go “off on a tangent” if they focus on Max Verstappen’s feedback when developing their car instead of listening to Sergio Perez, who has considerably more experience than the Dutch ace. “I think Sergio being more mature, having had more experience, I think he will
MoreMost of the F1 community was delighted with the news that Sergio Perez would be partnering Max Verstappen at Red Bull next season, after the Mexican had a very strong year but lost his seat at Racing Point to Sebastian Vettel. Perez will be keen to prove his talent at the front end of the
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Around a week after announcing that Sergio Perez will be joining the team next year, Red Bull have offered an explanation as to why they didn’t sign Sebastian Vettel as Alex Albon’s replacement for the 2021 F1 season. In a recent interview, Dr Helmut Marko, head of Red Bull’s driver development programme, suggested that the
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