By Sergio Silva
Nov 25, 2024, 07:40 AM EST
Neither the celebrations for the fourth consecutive Formula 1 championship that Max Verstappen achieved this Sunday They prevented Helmut Marko from throwing a dart against the Mexican Sergio “Checo” Pérez again, leaving his future within the Red Bull team in question.
Although the man from Guadalajara has a contract with the energy drink team until the end of the next F1 season, the team’s advisor assured that after the last test of the calendar in this campaign it will be the company’s shareholders who will make the decision about its drivers. for 2025.
“There will be a meeting after Abu Dhabi and the result of this meeting will be presented to the shareholders and then they will decide what will be the situation of the drivers of both teams for next year”said the former Austrian pilot in an interview with the ORF network.
The director of the Red Bull team, Christian Horner, has indicated that Sergio “Checo” Pérez is the owner of the seat in the team for next season in accordance with his contract, although he did recognize that in order to keep him during the season there will have to be changes. in their performance.
It is no secret to anyone that the Mexican’s 2024 season is light years ahead of what was expected at Red Bull, which has lost a lot of ground in the fight for the constructors’ title as a result of the streak of bad results that “Checo” Pérez has had, who has not He has been on the podium since April.
And it was precisely on this line that Helmut Marko relied to once again question the Guadalajara driver who, after achieving runners-up last season, is now in eighth place in the drivers’ standings in 2024, too far from the already champion Max Verstappen.
“We must have two drivers who finish in the points. I think Max gets more than 200 points from Sergio”commented the Austrian, referring to the 152 points that the Mexican has added to the 403 that the Dutchman has earned with three races left in the season.
“The main thing was to win the championship for Max, but for our employees it is a disappointment because their bonus depends on the constructors’ championship and there is no longer a chance of winning it, statistically”Marko added, putting Red Bull employees against the Mexican.
After the tenth place achieved in the Las Vegas Grand Prix Sergio “Checo” Pérez is now aiming for the Qatar race this weekend to finally try to end the streak of bad results that he has accumulated this season in which he has totaled 17 consecutive races without enter the podium.
In addition to the Qatar Grand Prix, which will have a Sprint test, the Abu Dhabi test is also pending, which will close the 2024 Formula 1 season and a campaign that will be forgotten by the Mexican.
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