According to reputable German outlet , amid his struggles in F1 2023, Perez had ask🌺ed Red Bull to allow him to drive a pre-Spanish Grand Prix version of the c🐟ar.

Perez’s best form in 2023 cam💃e in the opౠening handful of flyaway races.

The Mexican won two of the opening races, and looked set to take the lead of the drivers’ championship for the first time in his career until 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen snatched the fastest lap in Saudi Arabia.

From Miami onwards, where Pere🙈z was beaten to win by Verstappen (despite Perez starting from pole position; Verstappen in ninth), the former Force India driver’s form di൩pped considerably.

Perez fa🧜iled to make Q3 in five consecutive events as Verstappen remained unbeaten during this period.

Even five months later, Perez’s performances haven’t 𒊎improved, picking up three time penalties for track li💜mits in Qatar.

Consequently, there’s been intense speculation about Perez’s future despite him having a contract for⛎ 2024.

Perez’s desire to drive a pre-upgraded version of the RB19 is unsurprising given his best form came earlier in the season𝕴.

However, as expected, Red Bull never entertained the idea given the cost involved and the practicalities of having two different specificatio🐼ns of car.

It’s not complet💯ely unusual, with Haas doing so during Romain Grosjean’s stint with the team, and they soon found out their upgrades hadn’t worked as intended when comparing the two specificationꦏs.

But given Verstappen and Red Bull’s domination in 2023, as far as the engineers are concerned, the car has got quicker but Perez has strugg🎐led to adapt.