By Sergio Silva
30 Oct 2023, 3:50 PM EDT
The worst nightmare that Sergio “Checo” Pérez could imagine came true after failing to complete the Mexico City Grand Prix. However, Within the Red Bull team they showed their support for the Mexican driver after he left the track just in the first lap of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez after a slight impact from Charles Leclerc.
The atmosphere of tension that the man from Guadalajara had been experiencing as a result of the poor results achieved in the last tests changed radically last weekend.despite being by far the worst possible scenario within the forecasts of the Austrian team in its aspirations to maintain the runners-up position in the drivers’ championship.
This could be evidenced by the statements that were made after the race, in which there were no major attacks against “Checo” Pérez, even from one of his main critics, the Red Bull advisor, Helmut Marko, who surprised by showing a positive opinion regarding the Mexican’s performance.
“I had to go for everything, definitely. “She did very well, she had a great weekend but then this race accident happened.”Helmut Marko pointed out in an interview with Fox Sports in which he made a positive assessment of “Checo” Pérez’s performance in Mexico. “I think that in one or two more races he has to finish in front of Hamilton”continued the Austrian.
The former Formula 1 driver highlighted that despite the bad result, the Mexican still maintains a good difference with respect to the British Lewis Hamilton in the fight for second place in the drivers’ standings in the 2023 F1 season behind the already champion for several weeks, the Dutch Max Verstappen.
“He is still 20 points ahead of Hamilton. He was unlucky this time, so I don’t think this will happen again. It was pure bad luck, a very unfortunate racing accident because he had a great start and had to go for first place. He had bad luck and it is a shame for “Checo” and for the car.”Marko said.
Count on “Checo” for 2024
During the streak of bad results achieved by Sergio “Checo” Pérez, one of his main detractors was Helmut Marko, who even He even declared that the Mexican driver should seek to leave the team fueling at that time the numerous rumors that spoke about the continuity of the Guadalajara in the Austrian team.
However, now things have changed as well as the tone of the former F1 driver who seems to follow the guidelines of Red Bull from where they have already confirmed that they have the Mexican for next seasonas stated in the current contract that he has and that ends after the upcoming Formula 1 championship.
“Sergio “Checo” Pérez has a contract, we will see what happens, but we have our ideas clear and he has his contract until 2024″said the advisor of the energy drink team who maintains the hope of completing 1-2 this season with Max Verstappen as champion and “Checo” Pérez as his escort.
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