Helmut Marko suggests theory for Sergio Perez’s improved F1 form
Helmut Marko has made a suggestion🐼 for what might have inspired Sergio Perez's improved F1 🐼form.
Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has suggested that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez’s improved F1 form is because he is♋ fighting to secure a new c๊ontract.
Qualifying proved to be Perez’s main weakness last season as his position at Red Bull came under ♓increasing pressure but the Mexican has step꧂ped up his performances in 2024.
Perez ran teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen clos🌞e in the battle for pole position at the Japa🌟nese Grand Prix, missing out by just 0.066 seconds as Red Bull locked out the front row.
And Marko hinted🍌 that Perez’s improvꦑed form could be because “next year’s contracts are at stake”.
“Last year [in Japan] in particular was Sergio's worst race. Everything went wrong then, so I think it's particularly satisfying forไ him,” Marko told Sky Germany.
"You can see he can do it. But per﷽haps it also plays a role that next year's contracts are at 🌜stake - this year much earlier than usual. That also seems to be very motivating.
"Normally we don't talk about driver decisions at all in April. But somehow, the whole thing seems to have moved forward a lot. But it's still too ꧂early for us. We will certainly wait some time before we make a decision.”
After qualifying, Perez explained that his confidence is returning because he is making fewer🐲 changes to his car.
“Like Carloജs [Sainz Jnr] would say, we stopped inventing,” he said.
“We were playing around with the car far too much and just going through it and I thi🧸nk now we have a much better base,” he explained. “We are🌊 a lot happier and the weekends just progress.”
He added: “When we came here ♎last year we were at the stage of our season where anything was working. When you a𝐆re in that, you just go around circles and circles.
“Then we found out in the end, towards the end of the y🌃ear, that it was better [to] just ste💖p back and don’t try to chase it too much with the set-up because then you start compromising other things.
“I think that’s been the case for this year. So I’m a lot more ꧑comfortable, a lot more happier and the confidence is slowly coming back.”
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