Amid reports that Sergio Perez will lose his Red Bull seat over the summer break, team principal Christian Horner has shown that will not be the case.
Despite signing a new multi-year contract ahead of the Canada Grand Prix, Perez cannot escape an alarming dip in form, with Red Bull itself putting pressure on the Mexican while McLaren threatened to strip him of the constructors’ championship name.
Additional reporting via Thomas Maher
Crossing the finish line in eighth place at the Belgian Grand Prix, which became seventh after the disqualification of winner George Russell, Pérez fell short of the expectations of Horner and Red Bull’s leading advisor Helmut Marko, who met Monday with Perez’s long career as a key issue. on the agenda.
Speculation has grown that Perez has just contested his final race with Red Bull at Spa, but Horner proved that is not the case, and Perez retains the team’s support.
Horner, in a statement to Red Bull at its Milton Keynes base, said: “Checo is still a Red Bull Racing driver, despite all the speculation of recent times.
“We look forward to seeing him perform at circuits where he did well before, after the summer break. “
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Perez was asked again about his long career at Red Bull through media such as PlanetF1. com in Spa, where he made it clear that he plans to continue being a Red Bull driver after the summer break and that he will not be willing to talk anymore. on this topic.
“Correct,” Pérez responded when asked if he was confident of staying at Red Bull, adding in reference to his complicated career: “Yesterday I had a smart qualifying, a smart day. It doesn’t replace anything.
“I think there are too many things going on in the team, we want to do a lot of things and we can’t waste energy with all these hypotheses about it.
“So this is the last time I’ll talk about the future. To make it transparent to everyone, I will talk more.
“I won’t ask any more questions about the future. “
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