Not in all its glory, after all?
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner gives Sergio Pérez’s fans some hope for next year after the race in Mexico, although there is clearly some room for interpretation in his statement.
Just when he really couldn’t use it, Sergio Pérez experienced perhaps his absolute lowest point of the year last Sunday. In his home race it was over in the first corner. Red Bull team boss Christian Horner and Dr. Helmut Marko spoke soothing words for their driver afterwards, but the pressure is undoubtedly on behind the scenes. Horner says so Motorsport for the first time more cryptically about Pérez’s future within the team. “Checo has a contract with us for next year and the intention is to have him in the car next year.” No longer an established fact, but ‘the intention’.
Horner emphasizes again that Pérez’s final position in the championship does not affect his future. “We are giving him every support to ensure that he finishes second. There is no condition that he has to finish second and otherwise be out.” Pérez now has a 20-point lead over Lewis Hamilton with three races to go. So it is certainly doable. Pérez’s future with the team may now depend more on what else Daniel Ricciardo shows this season. In any case, in Mexico the Australian not only scored important championship points, but also points with Horner. “It was a great performance and he certainly looked like his old Daniel again. It’s great to see Daniel perform so well. It supports the argument for bringing him back to AlphaTauri.”
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