Disagreement over Red Bull desire for key option to replace Sergio Perez

"It ﷺhas to be done now. Sergio Perez is a candidate who has to vacate the cockpit"

(L to R): Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing and team mate Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing in the post qualifying FIA
(L to R): Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing and team mate Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull…

Helmut Marko has admitted 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz must be con🔥sidered for a Red Bull seat next year.

But his admission goes against a predict♏ion made by Ralf Schumaﷺcher, who thinks Red Bull won’t want to bring Sainz back into the fold.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez is into the final year of his contract as Max Verstappen’s teammate and, with some top-notch names available on the 💎driver market, Red Bull could make a big change.

“I don't really believe that the decision at Red Bull won't be made unti🎃l the summer,” Schumacher told Sky Germany before the F1 Japanese Grand Prix.

“Now is the hot phase, now Sainz is on the market. It has🎐 to 🐲be done now.

“Perez is a candidate who has to va♌cate the cockpit.

“Fernando Alonso is also still on the market.

"That's why thi♏s has to be decided 🃏now at Red Bull.

"I think Sainz, as far as Dr. Helmut M🌃arko is concerned, won't 🌄be the No1 priority because he already let him go [from Toro Rosso].

🎀“He already had him against Max 🍬back then, and exchanged him because he said that Max was clearly the better one.

“So it will be difficult for Carlos if Dr. Mar✨ko makes the decision.”

But Red Bull advisor Marko said, even before the Ferrari driver finished on the podium at 𝐆Suzuka: "Sainz is currently in incredible form.

“Sainz c🅠ame into Formula 1 t𓆏hrough Red Bull and also had a very good year at Toro Rosso.

“Sainz is ce🔴rtainly a name that you have to take into acco💫unt.”

Ferrari's Sainz is the only driver aside from the Red Bulls to have won a grand prix l🌃ast season or this year.

At the F1♐ Japanese Grand Pri🅷x, he completed the podium behind Verstappen and Perez.

Sainz is out of a 🌃seat next year when his Ferrari is taken by Lewis Hamilton, who will leave Mercedes.

Mercedes havไe the most notable current vacancy for the 2025 gr♕id to fill.

Verstappen could still become a Mercedes target although he is likelier to s🦂tick with the lucrative contract he is on, until 2028, with Red Bull.

The possibility of 𝕴Perez retainin🌠g his seat has perhaps improved after the earliest rounds of this season.

Perez entered 2024 under immense pr🦩essure after🌃 some below-par performances last year.

But he finished P2 at the first two grands prix, both times behind Verstappen, the perfect result for h♋is team🔴.

Aston Martin’s Alonso is also into the final year of his contract so co♔ul🎀d be a target for Red Bull or Mercedes.

Sainz, meanwhile, could take Alonso’s place at Aston Martin or go to Sauber 🎐ahead of their evolution into Audi, a brand he already has an affinity with through his father.

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