Sergio Perez future update: “It’s his seat to lose” after “strong” Japanese GP
Sergio Perez's future is in his own hanꩲd♈s, says Christian Horner.
Christian Horner has declared that the Red Bull seat for 2025 is 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez’s “to lose” following a strong weekend at the Japanese G🐬rand🌄 Prix.
Perez qualified within a tenth of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen at Suzuka on Saturday before help⛄ing Red Bull secure their third 1🌟-2 finish of the season.
The Mexican’s performance was particularly impressive beca♔use as he endured one of his worst weekജends as a Red Bull driver in Japan last year.
Perez's future is still uncertain with Red Bull undecided on who will partner Verstappen for next y💎ear.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso have been rumoured, however, Perez’s impressive form wꦯill surely make him the favouri🎉te to secure another year with the team.
Speaking on Sunday after the race, 🦹Horner says Perez hꩲas “started the season in the best possible way”.
“I think his confidence is h✨igh, he’s very focused on the job at hand, and he’s comfortable in the team,” Horner s🐻aid.
“And he knows he’s out of contract for next year, it’s ඣhis seat to lose, he’s very popular in the team, and he’s started the season in the best possible way.”
While Perez finished over 12 seconds behin𝕴d his teammate, it was a relatively smooth race for him.
The high tyre degradation at Suzuka meant that the undercut was powerful meaning Perez lost out on track position to the likes of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris through the pit stop phase.
Perez then carved his way back through, pulling off some daring overtakes into🅺 the high-speed left-hander of 130R.
Horner admitted he had to ꦡclose his eyes when Perez was attempting these ballsy overtakes.
“I thought Checo in particular has had a strong weekend🐻,” Horner added. “To qualify w🅠ithin a tenth of his teammate here.
“Race pace was strong obviously, he had the disadvantage🎃 of having to come bꩵack through the traffic.
“There were a couple of moments where, I must admit, I had my eyes shut as he went into 130R… do you need to do it there? Can’t you wait until t🐓he straight?
🅷“He didn’t look like he had three ki🌞ds when he made that move!”
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