Sergio Perez's father has reignited the favouritism debate as he claims the RB19 is 'set' for Max Verstappen with Red Bull 'built' for him.
Papa Perez reignited favouritism debate with claim Red Bull ‘built for Max to be a champion’Sergio Perez’s father, Antonio Pérez Gariba, has reignited the favouritism debate as he claims the RB19 is “set” for Max Verstappen with Red Bull “built” for him to be champion.
Losing the Miami Grand Prix to the Dutchman despite starting on pole position to Verstappen’s P9, Perez’s form took a hit and he didn’t even once make it into Q3 in the next five race weekends.Only once recovering from a lowly grid slot to feature on the podium, his title dreams were in tatters by the time he was back into the top ten in qualifying at the British Grand Prix. But the impetus was all Verstappen’s and his 10-race winning streak completely destroyed Perez’s World Champion dream.
“Checo continues to battle. The car is set for Max because he drives with all the grip at the front and Checo has done it all the time with the grip at the back,” he toldBut that he accepts today is how it should be with Red Bull “built” for Verstappen while Perez’s job is to bring home “second place”.
Papa Perez’s comments today are in sharp contrast to those he made in January when he said his son was in Formula 1 to win the title for Mexican.
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