“Hard decision” over Sergio Perez tipped as Liam Lawson threateningly looms

"It’s a big issue for the tea🎃m. It could cost them"

Sergio Perez
Sergio Perez

Red Bull must make a “hard decision” about 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez, they have been told.

Perez’s future as Max Verstappen’s teammate remains a hot topic, especially heading into his home race at the F1 Mexico Grand Prix.

He survived the axe when Red Bull opted to double-down with their faith i🗹n him, at the ꦬmid-way stage of this season.

But, since then, Liam Lawson has replaced Daniel Ricciardo at RB and could꧅ show enough potential tꦰo be promoted straight into the Red Bull in 2025.

“It feels like they want a driver to come in and be quicker than Yuꦉki Tsunoda,” Jenson Button analysed on Sky Sports.

“But if they⛎ get through enough drivers who aren’t quicker than Tsunoda, then maybe Tsunoda should b💦e in the Red Bull seat!

“Last year, if Perez was half-a-s🍌econd off Max, it was fine because the ca൩r was so quick.

“Now, he’s P8. So it’s a big issue for the🎉 team. It could cost them t𓆏he constructors’ championship.

“They really have to think about it. At some point they have to make a hard de꧅cision.”

Danica Patrick added: “I 💞would imagine they are starting to think about tha🧸t. Maybe even Checo is.

“He can’t be having a blast out th♕ere. I’m sure he’s getting sick of defending him💎self.

“🦩Especially being Red Bull, we know the performance is important. But, lo🌳ok, there is a business side too.

“The team has got to be thinking about it.”

Perez endured another l🦩argely forgettable weekend at the United States Grand Prix📖.

He was ninth in the sprint, the✱n qualified 10th for the grand prix where he fini💯shed in seventh.

With both McLarens far ahead of him, it was another bl🐬ow for Red Bull’s hopes of retaining the constructors’ title.

Lawson, meanwhile, started at the back of the grid due to an engine penalty but still scored points on an🎃 imౠpressive F1 comeback.

Lawson impresses Horner and Marko

Red Bull boss Christian Horner 🌌said about Lawsonღ to Sky Sports: “It’s a sample of one. He jumped in and looked like a veteran.

“He can be happy, 😼he drove a great grand prix with som﷽e great overtakes.

“When you’re upsetting Fernan💧do Alonso, yo🅘u know that you’re doing something right!

“He’s a tough, hard racer.”

Lawson reacted: “Yes, I spoke to Christia🐲n and Helmut. They were positive, happy, they said ‘wellཧ done’.

“But that’ꦕs the expectation that they had for me…”

Lawson later assessed his weekend in Texas: “I think we struggled a lot and although we made a big step with the car [on Saturday], you never kn🧸ow – in a race it’s co💙mpletely different, we don’t know if it’s going to work out exactly as we planned.

“So to have a clear step in quali aꦅnd in the race with the🃏 car is really positive for me.

“I felt really comfortable which was the main target this weekend, to get to the end of it and to feel confident wꦡith the car.

“It’s always nice w🐽hen you’re the overtaking car as well, which today we were, and I think it was just that hard stint at the start that really put us in a great positi♛on.

🌱“[It’s been] just I think me getting more comfortable and the stint with the guys, the team’s worked really, really hard this weekend and we’ve been quite aggressive with changes that we’ve made, potentially more aggressive than you normally would be.

“But they’ve worked really hard for the last couple of weeks getting me prepared for this, and the guys have worked overtime to get me comfo😼rtable.

“And then with the car this weekend as 💙well, it’s just been a big team effort. I’m very thankful for all the work they have done to get me comfortable in the car, and for it to work out like that is always a nice feeling.”

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