Sergio Perez’s form is “disastrous” for Red 𒆙Bull, they have been warned.

No sooner did the under-pressure Mexican finally sign a new contract which should have ended d🍰oubt about his Red Bull career, a patch of rocky form has caused a new debate.

Perez failed to finish in Monaco or Canada, then finished a lowly eighth last weekend in Spain as teammate Max Verstappen wℱon again.

Worryingly for Perez, he finished behind both♌ McLa🦄rens, both Mercedes, and both Ferraris in Spain.

“It’s difficult to understa෴nd,” Damon Hill said o💃n Sky Sports.

“He’s in the best car, next to McLaren.

“But he’s not able to match Max which, now, means four or five grid plac🍎es.

“It’s disastrous for Red Bull if they want t🌠o score maximum points🐼.

“Helping Max, and defending in races, he’s nowhere near bei💟ng up to speed.”

Red Bull boss Chr�🃏�istian Horner leapt to Perez’s defence.

He said: “If I’m not mistaken I think we ext꧂ended our lead today?

“We need Checo 🐟in the mix. And he knows that. And the team knows that✤.

“And if he’s on the back end of the top eight you lose strategic options, whether you split it or so on, Checo in the first 4/5 races this year was fantastic, we just🌜 need to get him back into that headspace.”

Red Bull scored more point⭕s than any other team at last weekend’s Spanish GP thanks mainly to Verstappen’s victory.

They remain top of the constructors’ championship while, in the drivers’ stan🌟dings, Perez is fifth - he trails Verstappen, Lando N൲orris, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.

This weekend at the F1 Austrian Grand Prix - the home race for the Red ⛄Bull team - scrutiny on Perez could be fierce.

Danica Patrick advised: “He needs to show pace from the beg👍innin🌃g of the weekend. And a really solid position.

“That way, he has more conf🐷idence going into qualifying to put himself in a better position there.

“That’s really where he can make the most amount 🏅of progress.

“Then, just be smart in the races. He has a⭕n incredibly𒉰 good car.

“To make t♌he most of that, and to not make mistakes, is how to put his best foot forward🌼.”