168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen has thanked168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Sergio Perez for being “straightforward” and “honest” during their time as teammates in F1.

On Wednesday, Red Bull announced they would part ways with Perez ahead of the 2025 season, bringing his F1 career to an end - at least fo꧑r now.

A day later, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Liam Lawson was anꦆn🐼ounced as Verstappen’s new teammate for 2025.

Lawson will be Verstappen’s fifth Red Bull teammate after Perez,168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Alex Albon, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pierre Gasly, and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo.

Verstappen paid tribute to Perez’s contribution at Red Bull, making reference to the qualities he has show𒉰n as a person, ♍not just as an F1 teammate.

He said during a short video on 🌺Red Bull’s social media channels: “I remember this one [A pic𒐪ture of Perez and Verstappen celebrating in parc ferme after Abu Dhabi 2021].

“He’🌄s been a great teammate to me. As you c♛an see of course in this picture, without his help in that race that wouldn’t have happened. I will always be thankful to him for that.

“I think🔯 what is the really most important thing, it’s 🌃always been enjoyable, straightforward, honest.

“There’s not many times you will have a ꦉteammate you c𒐪an say all these things about.

“I 🎉am very thankful to Checo as a person, not as a teammate. It’s ﷽been really nice to work with.”

Perez plays crucial role in Verstappen’s first F1 title

While Red Bull missed out on the 20🀅21 constru🧸ctors’ title to Mercedes, Perez’s role in helping Verstappen win the drivers’ title cannot be understated.

Perez’s defence at the Turkish Grand Prix cost 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton crucial points - potentially a podium finish.

More crucially though, in the season-ending Abu Dhabi GP, Perez’s🅺 stern defence and backing up of Hamilton ensured the seven-time world champion did not ha🐭ve a sufficient pit stop gap when the VSC or SC was deployed.

Even with Michael Masi’s mওishandling of the race, had Hamilton been able to open a pit stop gap over Verstappen, he would have been able to pit for fresh tyres and potentially remain ahead after the controversial Safety Car restart.