Sergio Perez’s future can be mentioned in a Crimson Bull shareholder assembly after F1’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Whereas Perez solely signed a brand new two-year contract in Might of this yr, his kind has since dropped considerably and he has scored simply 49 factors within the 16 races following the Miami Grand Prix. On the newest weekend in Las Vegas he was eradicated in Q1 and scored only a solitary level for tenth place after failing to discover a well past Yuki Tsunoda within the closing laps.
RACER understands that there have already been discussions with Perez regarding his future, however {that a} wider assembly will deal with the state of affairs after Abu Dhabi.
“In case you take the distinction between Max [Verstappen] and Sergio’s factors then it’s clear the place the issue is,” Crimson Bull advisor Helmut Marko informed RACER after Verstappen received a fourth drivers’ championship on Saturday evening. “There can be a choice – after Abu Dhabi we’ll get collectively and current to the shareholders what we expect is finest and they’ll decide.”
Crimson Bull workforce principal Christian Horner mentioned Perez’s efficiency in Saturday’s Las Vegas Grand Prix was robust, however that the factors return was not passable given McLaren’s relative struggles with tempo. Lando Norris completed sixth forward of Oscar Piastri in seventh.
“Clearly a single level from Checo, it was drive from him, restoration, however the issue is he’s beginning out of place,” Horner mentioned. “On a day when McLaren had been weak, we might have preferred to take extra factors out of them.
“Something relating to the drivers… We now have drivers underneath contract and we’ve drivers with choices that stay between the corporate and the drivers concerned. There’s nothing to say on that.”
