URGENCY: Given that Sergio Pérez recently consented to compete against a star.

The pressure to perform well and stay in the sport has increased because the Mexican driver’s contract expires at the end of the current season.

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Even though Perez, 34, helped the team place first in the world championship, colleague Max Verstappen scored more than twice as many points as Perez did.

Despite the fact that other drivers, such Carlos Sainz and the McLaren team of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, have ties to the defending champions, Perez still has a chance to compete for Red Bull in 2018.

Sergio Perez is under pressure to stay at Red Bull because drivers like Carlos Sainz are linked to the slot.

Szafnauer, the former team principal of Alpine and Aston Martin, achieved his first Formula One victory at the Sakhir GP in 2020 while Perez was employed by Racing Point.The American informed the media that he would want to see Perez take over as Red Bull’s coach for the following season when he unveiled his new app, EventR.

“I was asked, ‘Who would you replace Checo with if you were Christian Horner?'” he said. while attending an F1 race in Abu Dhabi two days ago.

I knew Checo so well that I said, “I would replace Checo with Checo.” If I was a Christian, I still would have kept him for the next year. Recall how a series of coincidences and Checo’s help allowed Max to win [the title] in the first year [2021]?

But certain races did help Verstappen win, which is how Checo became known in Mexico as the “Minister of Defense.” That was his manner of acting. With the exception of a few races when I thought he could have done better, I think he is doing pretty well this year, despite having some challenging times.