Sergio Perez reportedly racked up another €1 million fixed bill for Red Bull at the Hungary Grand Prix and in doing so, his team would be the first to surpass the €5 million mark by 2024.
After a good start to the season, Perez has recently recorded more crashes than podiums, threatening his seat at Red Bull.
While his biggest crash of the season came at the Monaco Grand Prix when he went through Kevin Magnussen on the opening lap when he started 16th, he would have charged Red Bull almost two million, but again it made a big dent in his budget. The last time was in Hungary.
P9 after his first run in Q1 as rain splashed the Hungaroring, Perez took too many corners at Turn 8 and at the start.
It crashed heavily into the barriers, causing serious damage to the rear of the vehicle and also the front. The damages would amount to almost one million euros.
He wanted not only a new nose and front wing for his RB20, but also a rear wing, sidepods and a floor. The front and rear suspension also had to be changed.
In total, he charges Red Bull 999,000 euros, F1Maximaal reports, bringing Pérez’s announced bill for the first thirteen races of this season to 3,793,200 euros. This is a million more than Williams spent on Alex Albon after his big crash at the start of the season. .
In fact, Pérez’s bill is such that Red Bull spent more money on repairing the cars than Williams, a total of 300,000 euros.
In an era where groups operate under a budget cap, the higher the repair bill, the fewer expenses there will be for the car.
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Perez’s crash at the Hungary Grand Prix came as Red Bull was making plans to sit down over the summer break to discuss his situation as a driver with the 34-year-old’s job at stake.
“Any conversations we have with him will, of course, take place internally and not in front of the media,” insisted team boss Christian Horner. But of course, we can’t walk on one leg. “
Pérez scored only 124 compared to Max Verstappen’s 265 and thus managed to overcome the magical deficit of one hundred that he wants after this week’s Belgian Grand Prix to end speculation about his future.
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