Triste noticia: La encantadora esposa de Checo Pérez ha estado involucrada hoy en un terrible accidente automovilístico que resultó en…
Triste noticia: La encantadora esposa de Checo Pérez ha estado involucrada hoy en un terrible accidente automovilístico que resultó en…
He finished second on the grid with a better qualifying display, but Perez fell back in the race to finish eighth (after George Russell’s disqualification was promoted to seventh), three places behind Verstappen, who had started 11th after serving a grid penalty.
There was speculation that Perez could be replaced by Liam Lawson, a Red Bull reserve driver, or Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda, two drivers from their junior squad RB.
Horner has now confirmed that the Mexican will not be replaced, having previously stated that Perez’s future would be on the table at a meeting on Monday.
a Red Bull Racing driver despite recent speculation and we look forward to seeing him at tracks to replace him,” Horner told the Red Bull team.
“There has been a lot of speculation that Red Bull were to replace Sergio Perez with either the young New Zealand driver Liam Lawson or possibly Daniel Ricciardo who currently drives for the RB team.
“There has been a meeting today at Red Bull headquarters between Christian Horner and Helmut Marko who is the specialist adviser with the team.
“It was to discuss Sergio Perez’s future. Marko had his say on this and given how cutting Marko was about Perez’s performance in Belgium, it was felt he would be potentially lobbying for his replacement.
“Many people have speculated that Red Bull would replace Sergio Perez with either Liam Lawson, a young New Zealand driver, or Daniel Ricciardo, who currently drives for the RB team.
“Christian Horner and Helmut Marko, the team’s specialist adviser, have had a meeting today at Red Bull headquarters.
“It was to talk about Sergio Perez’s future.
Marko had a say in this matter, and given how cutting he was about Perez’s performance in Belgium, it was thought that he might be advocating for a replacement.
