Carlos Sainz is being linked with Red Bull as Sergio Perez battles to secure his future with the team.
While Carlos Sainz is “fascinating” to Red Bull after his Australian Grand Prix heroics, the team’s senior advisor Helmut Marko says Sergio Perez can eliminate that threat with better one-lap pace.
That statement drive has seen him linked with a strong chance of racing for Mercedes, or returning to the Red Bull fold for 2025, with Marko now addressing Sainz’s chances. And for Perez, the brief is quite simple – improve in qualifying, a weak point which has continued into F1 2024, and Red Bull has no reason to consider Sainz.
“His only weakness is in qualifying. If he can improve there, there’s no need to think about it. The atmosphere in the team is very good also as far as he is concerned.”As Marko alluded to, there were mitigating circumstances at play in Perez’s disappointing outing at the Australian Grand Prix, as he crossed the line P5 and almost a minute behind Sainz.
“As a result, he was no longer able to set the same times as the front runners that he had previously achieved,” said Marko of that unfortunate pick-up for Perez. “The lack of downforce also increased tyre wear.”
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