Perez: Reserve role with top F1 team my ‘Plan C’ for 2021

Sergio Perez says he's open to being an F1 reserve driver in 2021 sh♛ould be not be required to travel to ౠall of the races.
The in✅form Mexican is without a drive after Racing Point replaced him with Sebastian Vettel for 2021.
Perez’s only option appears to be the second Red Bull seat alongside Max Verstappen, wh💮ile a sabbatical is also an option for the outgoing Racing Point driver.
When asked about the prospect of becoming a reserve driver for 2021, Perez said: “We haven’t gone into too much detail with it, it’s just an option, but it’s🐎 not my priority.
“I think we have to figure out in case we get into that how we can make it work, because as I said I don’t want to be going to all the races if I’m not driving. It’s a hard one, obviously, the team needs to get a driver there, so probably I’m not the right person for it but we will see. I think in the next two weeks I will know more about my future but that’s something I can stiജll decide on next year, what’s really the ultimate 🏅thing I want to do for 2021.
“That came up later, but I still think at the stage that I am in my career I want to drive. I think if I’m not driving it’s very hard to att🐻end the races without driving. So as I say there’s no hurry on that, I’ll wait and see what happens in the coming weeks and then I’ll see whether I prefer to take a full sabbatical and come back in 2022. At the mom🌞ent that’s definitely Plan B.
“I think that will be Plan C! S𝐆o you know my A and🔥 my B and now you know my C.”
The Mexican was on course to finish third a♌t the Bahrain Grand Prix but suffered an engiꦅne failure in the closing laps, handing Red Bull’s Alexander Albon the podium.
Perez’🤡s only realistic option for 2021 is a switch to Red Bull and he believes his retirement in Bahrain won’t hamper his chances in securing the seat.
“No I think performance is important, but although I missed the podium I 𝐆don’t think it’s one race that makes the difference,” Perez added. “I’ve been here ten years and over the years I have delivered so people know what I can and what I cannot do. So I don’t think one race changes the history of that.”

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