Red Bull senior advisor Helmut Marko has hinted that there will be “reshuffled cards” within their groups for next season, despite the recent commitment to their drivers.
It was widely reported that his seat at Red Bull was at risk during the summer break, before Christian Horner declared on Monday that he would continue with the team, and on Tuesday it also emerged that Daniel Ricciardo would continue with VCARB for the season. rest of the season.
Additional reporting via Thomas Maher
In an announcement made at the team’s base in Milton Keynes, the team principal showed that Perez would remain at Red Bull, and PlanetF1. com also learned that Ricciardo would remain with his sister team for the rest of the season, despite the team. . He has an option on reserve driver Liam Lawson for 2025, in either of his teams, which PlanetF1. com understands will expire in September.
“Checo is still a Red Bull Racing driver, despite all the hypotheses lately,” said Horner.
“We are looking forward to seeing him perform well on circuits where he performed well before, after the summer break. “
Now, however, Marko has hinted that the makeup of any of his groups could simply be replaced for next season, but he remained coy about the details, telling German publication F1-Insider when discussing his line-ups: “The cards will be redesigned by 2025. “
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As for this season, Red Bull’s chief advisor showed Horner’s message on the composition of the two teams, adding: “Perez stays. We need to return it to its previous form. Ricciardo is also staying. Nothing will change. “
Horner admitted Perez had a “bad run” in the latter part of the season, with the Belgium Grand Prix announcing a front-row start before dropping back to eighth on the route, and then moved up a position after George Russell’s disqualification.
However, with Formula 1 closed for the summer, the Red Bull team principal said he wanted to take the time to see what could be improved.
“Checo has had a difficult run in the last few races,” Horner told the media, adding PlanetF1. com, at Spa. “What’s so confusing for us is that the season was so good for him and then it slowed down. “
“He did a wonderful job, a wonderful job in qualifying. We have to move on to the end and to what is at stake in the race. “
“We have time to do that, analyze it and work with it. “
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