Sergio Perez’s future shall be mentioned in a Pink Bull shareholder assembly after F1’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Whereas Perez solely signed a brand new two-year contract in Could of this yr, his kind has since dropped considerably and he has scored simply 49 factors within the 16 races following the Miami Grand Prix. On the newest weekend in Las Vegas he was eradicated in Q1 and scored only a solitary level for tenth place after failing to discover a well beyond Yuki Tsunoda within the closing laps.
RACER understands that there have already been discussions with Perez regarding his future, however {that a} wider assembly will deal with the scenario after Abu Dhabi.
“For those who take the distinction between Max [Verstappen] and Sergio’s factors then it’s clear the place the issue is,” Pink Bull advisor Helmut Marko advised RACER after Verstappen gained a fourth drivers’ championship on Saturday night time. “There shall be a choice – after Abu Dhabi we’ll get collectively and current to the shareholders what we expect is finest and they’ll decide.”
Pink Bull workforce principal Christian Horner stated Perez’s efficiency in Saturday’s Las Vegas Grand Prix was robust, however that the factors return was not passable given McLaren’s relative struggles with tempo. Lando Norris completed sixth forward of Oscar Piastri in seventh.
“Clearly a single level from Checo, it was a superb drive from him, a superb restoration, however the issue is he’s beginning out of place,” Horner stated. “On a day when McLaren had been weak, we might have favored to take extra factors out of them.
“Something relating to the drivers… Now we have drivers beneath contract and we have now drivers with choices that stay between the corporate and the drivers concerned. There’s nothing to say on that.”
