Sergio Perez has been war🧸ned thaꦬt his new Red Bull contract will not protect him if his performances are poor.

Perez ended the intense debate around Red Bull’s 2025 line-up by penning an extension to the contr🔥act that was due t൩o expire this year.

However, after a poor F1 Canadian Grand Prix showing last weekend, he has been warned that the likes of Daniel Ricciardo will still be🌟 a threat to replace him.

Natalie Pinkham told the F1 Nation podcast: “I was quite surprised that they re-signed Perez and announced it as quickly as😼 they did.

“It works for Max Verstappen. Perhaps there i𒀰s stuff going on behind the scenes…

“Sergio is, no doubt, a great racer.”

Tom Clarkson replied: “He wasn’t in Montreal!”

Pinkham continued: “He wasn’t. That’s aﷺ shame because you’d think his confidence boost of signing a new contract would relax 🐟him.

“Sergio, like most drivers, is at his best when ဣrelaxed, when he doesn’t have anything to worry about, he can just do it naturally.

“If Daniel puts in regularly strong performances and Checo doesn’t - then are these c♋ontracts wor🤡th the paper they are written on?

“I doubt it. They’d find a way.

“Equally, it’s no great surprise that Daniel hasn’t been promoted 𝓀back into the team.

“By his own admission he has♛n’t had a great start to the season.

Miami sprint, and Montreal qualy and indeed the race, is proof that he hasn’t lost any of hi💫s talent.”

Clarkson said: “We will watch Perez’s progress carefulꦉly.

“The past thre𒁏e races have been difficult foꦓr him. But that does coincide with the Red Bulls’ least competitive performances of the year.

When the car becomes difficult to drive, the gap between Checo 🧔and Max grows.

“When we go to Barcelona, the car will be bett⭕er and Checo wilꦿl be closer.

“And if he’s not? That’s when questions will need to be♎ asked.”

Perez missed the cut🔯 in Canada qualify to line up a lowly 13th on the grid.

He then failed to fi🧔nish the grand prix last Sunday, after smashing into the Tu🥀rn 6 barriers.

To compound a miserable weekend (which his teammate Verstappen won), Perez was hit with a grid penalty for the next grand prix in Spain after staying ﷽on track for too long with a broken car.