Sergio Perez’s concession of ꦬvaluable points is too frequent, it has been c♌laimed, in a debate about why he was given a new Red Bull deal.

Perez seemingly ended sp♔eculation about his future by signing a new contract to remain alongside Max Verstappen 𝔉at Red Bull in 2025.

But consecutive awful grands prix in Monaco and Can﷽ada has reopenedꦗ the discussion around his suitability in F1’s best car.

Damon Hill told the Sky F1 podcast abo🧸ut Perez’s F1 Canadian Grand Prix: “He has had a mare, an absolute nightmare!

“From looking like he was a few tenths off Max, comfortably up there a𝄹nd able to support him, to the last few races being an absolute catastrophe for poor Checo.

“Slightly self-inflicted in Monaco but he did✱n’t q🍨ualify well.

“Can it get any worse? Yes it can!

“But let’s hope it doesn’t…”

Perez failed to progress from Q1 at either Monaco or Canada, then failed to see the chequ♒ered flag in either race.

The timing⛄ was ironic given Red Bull ignored other intriguing options to rewꦇard him with an extended stay in their coveted car.

Perez new deal 'to keep Max sweet'

Naomi Schiff said: “The sentiment seems to b🐲e that there is an element of the contract being given to Checo to somewhat keep Max sweet, and not put in another driver to take points away from Max.

“We’ve seen teams with two rꦕeally quick drivers battling each other on track - Carlos and Charles, Lando and Oscar…

“That can sometimes end badly and take away points from y🌞our drivers and from t𒁏he drivers.

“So there is an element of that being p📖art of the reason why they’ve kept 𓆏Checo on.

“But, at the same times, with the teams I mentioned, b🌸eing in the points regularly - there is an element of going ‘is Checo not costing his team points, if he’s not always in [the points?]’

“I think maybe Canada was unfo♔rtunate, a few things di🌃dn’t go his way.

“But I feel like it happens too often, 💯from my perspective. I don’t really understand.”

Hill urged Red Bull to give more♓ help to their struggling driver: “With Checo, they should not worry about Max.

“They need to pile in and hel𒁃p Checo, give him all the support to get him✤ up the grid.

“Because that is so valuable to them in the con꧙structors’, and valuable to Max.”

But Schiff asked: “What can they do, to do that?”

Hill answered: “Decision-making, maybe🌌, is𝕴 part of it.

“Making sure he gets a clear lap in qualifying𓃲. Making sure is on the right tyres aꦑt the right time.

“Everyone rooting 🌃for Checo, making sure he’s able to give the best of what♋ he’s got. Because he hasn’t been able to do that.

“For whatever reason. It🎃 has been bad decision-making and bad timing.

“It can’t all be bad luck. You can be unlucky a coup🦩le of t🅠imes but not all of the time…”

Schiff said: “I was surprised that there was a two-year deal. Although it ⛄has come out since that it’s𓄧 a 1+1 so let’s see how that develops.

“I continue my theory that they 𝓡are trying to keep Max happy.

“There are still whispers that the🧸re is potential🀅 Max would go to Mercedes.

“If they signed a driver to the team that Max wasn’t happy with -🌄 Carlos Sainz, for example, then that could’ve been the decision to push him further from the team.”