Perez kept recovering teammate Verstappen at bay in another easy Red Bull one-two at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, but tens༺ion appeared to rise within the team. 

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With both drivers reporting reliability concerns in the final s🙈tint, Perez and Verstappen were told to manage their pace to the end and run to a 1m33s target lap time.

Perez was irked by the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:“different information” he received after learning to his surprise that Verstappen had snatched the ဣfastest lap bonus point on the final tour to maintain his championship lead by a point.

And Croft, whꦜo reckons the early friction is a sign of things to come, has predicted a “few banana skins down the road” for Red Bull. 

”I am n✤ot quite sure everything i🗹s how Christian Horner would like it and how the team would like it for a smooth domination,” Croft told the Sky Sports F1 podcast. 

"They are dominating Formula 1 on the traꦰck but they came very close to not having that one-two in Bahrain and had issues [in the race in Saudi Ar♓abia].

"In the cooldown room after the race, there was still friction between the two drivers. Che🍰co [Perez] was not a happy 💞man at being asked to do target lap times that were slower than his team-mate.

"Perez is in the last year of his deal and if there are no signs of another deal coming, what's in it for Sergio to help his team-mate 𓂃in the way Red Bull would like? I think there are a few banana skiജns down the road.”

Red Bull have already tried to defuse underlying tension between Verstappen and Perez following a team orders row towards the end of last season.&nb✃sp;

Croft also noted how Jos Verstappen, Max’s father, and manager Raymond Vermeulen were caught on camera 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:awkwardly refusing to join in with Perez’s victory꧋ c💯elebrations in Jeddah. 

"As for Max's dad, all is clearly not wellꦬ in Jos Verstappen's mind when his son finishes and leads the world championship, yet he can barely br🍸eak a smile!” Croft added.