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Much has been said about the recent career of Sergio Checo Pérez in which, on the orders of his team, he let his teammate Max Verstappen win. The former McLaren coordinator, Jo Ramírez, assured that the Mexican driver could be height of the Dutch this season and that it is a matter of some competitions for this to happen.
Sergio Checo Pérez was upset with Red Bull for the decision and an audio was leaked in which the Mexican began with a “we have to talk” . For Jo Ramírez, the Aztec driver has perfectly fulfilled his task as Max Verstappen’s squire, and assured that it is normal not to always agree with the team’s decisions.
Great victory for Sergio Checo Pérez For the historic motorsport director, Checo Pérez’s second place constitutes a triumph for him. Despite the fact that he was dominating the race, he considers that the Mexican complied by giving the victory to Verstappen and thus contributing to the Dutchman and the team in the fight for the championship, which which is the real objective.
At the level of Verstappen
It should be noted that Jo Ramírez was a historic manager of McLaren at the time of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost is therefore a The authorized voice to give an opinion on Formula 1. “I think Checo can catch up with Max, although I don’t think he will have the opportunity to fight for the world championship, something that the legends Prost and Senna managed to do at the same time”, assured in an interview with DAZN.
He stressed that in his time it was somewhat more complicated because stars of the stature of Prost and Senna They were practically at the same level. In this case, in his opinion, Sergio Checo Pérez is not yet at the level of Max Verstappen. Although he stressed that the level of the Mexican has risen considerably.
Future ahead
Jo Ramírez affirmed that Sergio Checo Pérez is a young driver and that naturally he will have the opportunity to fight for a championship. “He’s young, he’s getting better every day and he’ll have the opportunity to fight for a championship that gets more complicated every day.”
Currently the Dutch driver Max Verstappen occupies the first place with 110 points and Checo ranks third with a total of 85 points. For now, the key is proving successful for the team with a view to obtaining the championship.
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