When Racing Point rebranded to Aston Martin ahead of the 2021 season, the team decided to sign the legendary Sebastian Vettel, leaving Sergio Perez without a race seat. The suggestions that the Mexican was too good to not be on the grid for 2021 were proven right when at the second to last race of
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Coming into the final two rounds of the 2022 season, Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc were locked in a battle for the runner up spot in the drivers’ championship behind Max Verstappen. At the Brazilian Grand Prix, Red Bull has a disastrous time, looking significantly off of the pace compared to their rivals and finding
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Red Bull could not have wished for a better start to the new era of Formula 1, as both Mercedes and Ferrari encountered major issues, allowing the energy drink giants to cruise to both championships. Despite Max Verstappen and the team having both titles wrapped up by the time Formula 1 headed to Sao Paulo,
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Max Verstappen has hinted that team-mate Sergio Pérez should “accept” his role as a number two driver, with the Dutchman having failed to “name names” whilst discussing Lewis Hamilton’s former team-mate Valtteri Bottas. Verstappen’s and Pérez’s relationship is incredibly similar to that of Hamilton’s and Bottas’ whilst the Finn was at Mercedes, in the respect that Verstappen and Hamilton
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Sergio Pérez’s ex-manager Adrian Fernandez has admitted that the Mexican driver needs to “take a big step” in 2023 to try and get close to Max Verstappen, with the Dutchman being a “problem” for his former client. Last season was an incredibly mixed one for Checo, with the Mexican driver having started the campaign as
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Ex-Formula 1 driver David Coulthard has warned Sergio Pérez to not “pull a sickie” during 2023, as the presence of Daniel Ricciardo looms over the Mexican driver. Pérez is in the strange position in 2023 of having a former Red Bull driver working alongside himself and Max Verstappen, with Ricciardo having been signed as the
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Ex-Formula 1 driver David Coulthard believes Sergio Pérez needs a “software update” to compete against Max Verstappen week in and week out, with the Dutchman having been imperious over his Mexican team-mate last season. Verstappen was an unstoppable force in 2022, with the 25-year-old having stormed to a second consecutive Drivers’ Championship thanks to breaking
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With the 2023 Formula 1 season rapidly approaching, attention is already switching to 2024 and one driver in particular, Daniel Ricciardo. The fan favourite has, of course, returned to Red Bull for 2023, where the 33-year-old will occupy the role of development driver, with the occasional Grand Prix appearance as a reserve driver when Red Bull Junior driver
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A number of Formula 1 bosses have suggested potential solutions of how the sport could deal with drivers who cause “red flags or yellow flags” during qualifying, with McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown calling for lap-times to be deleted. The calls for drivers to be punished for significant qualifying errors comes after suggestions that Sergio
MoreRed Bull team principal Christian Horner is certain that Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez will overcome their differences and “work as a team”, with the Brit confident that the pair’s Interlagos incident won’t carry over into 2023. The Brazilian Grand Prix certainly wasn’t a race to remember for the Austrians, as they slumped towards the
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