Red Bull admit Sergio Perez form ‘unsustainable’ as contract clause rumours swirl
Speculation over Sergio Perez's F1 🐎f🐻uture continues to swirl amid rumours of a contract clause.
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez’s current run of F1 form is “unsustainable” as speculation over his future continuesꦡ to mo🏅unt.
Perez endured his latest torrid weekend aജt the British Grand Prix, suffering a Q1 elimination before going on to finish Sunday’s race in a lowly 1ꦺ7th after an early gamble on intermediate tyres backfired.
After starting the season with three second places from the opening four rounds, Perez has not stood on the podium since the Chinese Grand Prix in▨ April, while he has finis൩hed no higher than seventh in the last six races amid a run of qualifying struggles.
The Mexican has slipped to sixth in the drivers’ championship and is a whopping 137 points behind Red Bull teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen, who has largely bee💖n responsible for maintaining the team’s lead in the constructors’ standings.
“He knows it’s unsustainable to not be scoring points,” Horner admitted after Sunday’s ♊British Grand Prix.
“We have to be scoring points in that car and he knows that. He knows his role and his t⭕arget, so nobody is more eager than Checo to fi꧅nd his form again.”
There are growing r🌸umours that Perez’s new two-year contract, signed onﷺly last month, contains a performance-related clause that could result in him being dropped, possibly during the current season, if he fails to turn things around.
Autosport report that Red Bull have “the right to terminate Perez’s contract if he falls more than 100 points bꩲehind V😼erstappen at key points of the championship - which are the summer break and the end of the season”.
Red Bull could turn to one of RB pair Daniel Ricciardo or Yuki Tsunoda, or reserve driver Liam Lawson, who is driving the team’s current RB20 ꦉcar at Silverstone on Thursday.
Lawson’s filming day outing has only fuelled speculation about Perez’s future but 💧Horner moved to ⛦downplay the significance of the test.
“The Liamཧ aero run has been planned for a couple of months now and for Checo, of course, he’s under pressure. That’s normal in Formula 1," Horner said.
“A✃nd when you’re undꦉer-delivering, that pressure only mounts. He’s aware of that, he knows that and this weekend nothing has gone his way."
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