How will Sergio Perez respond? 🤔 F1
Red Bull’s superiority and dominance in 2023 acts as something of a security blanket for Perez. The team are well on course to win a second successive constructors’ championship, with Verstappen’s points haul alone sufficient to keep Red Bull on top.
It is also Perez’s curse. Verstappen’s success behind the wheel of the RB19, having taken eight wins from 10 races, underlines the strength of their 2023 challenger. It paints a fairly damning picture for Perez that in the same car he has won just twice, and only finished runner-up to Verstappen on two occasions. In five races, he has failed to even finish on the podium. Given Red Bull’s clear advantage, Perez should be doing much better in the machinery he has underneath him.
Perez will not be able to shake-off the scrutiny if he cannot turn around his performances, especially if Red Bull’s rivals emerge as more of a threat in 2024. That is ultimately when Perez’s below-par displays would become a serious issue. There is also the Ricciardo factor to consider in this. He too needs to perform in order to have any chance of achieving his target of returning to the senior team, which he has been
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