Sergio Perez says he “will be dr🍒iving for Red Bull next year” amid mounting rumours that he will leave the team after Formula 1's Abu♏ Dhabi Grand Prix.

The Mexican is coming to the end of his worst season with Red Bull since joining the team in 2021, with Perez facing his first winless campaign in F1 since 2ও019.

Perez has scored just four grand prix podiums in 2024 and hasn’t ♕stood on a Sunday rostrum since April’s Chinese GP, while he hasn’t crack🍬ed the top five in a full-distance race since Miami.

It’s left Perez eighth✱ in the standings, while his form has also contributed to Red Bull losing the constructors’ title for the first time since 2021.

Following his retirement from last week’s Qatar GP, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:reports emerged that Perez wasꩵ set to lose his place at Red Bull, with team boss Christian Horner further fanning the flames.

“I'm going to let Checo come to his own conclusions,” he said. “Nobody’s forcing him one way or another. It's not a nice situation for him to obv𝐆iously be in.”

Red Bull is set 🐈to hold a meeting about its 2025 line-up after this weekend’s Abu Dhabi finale, with Liam Lawson favourite to be promoted out of RB to replace Perez.

But on Thursday ahead of the final round of🦩 2024, Perez remained defiant over his future.

“For me it’s just important to focus ꧂on the weekend,” he beওgan.

“Give the best possible I can for the team to really try and prove to the whole group🥂 of the team that we can do it. I think that’s the main objective for the ♚weekend.

“Nothi🎶ng has changed since before in terms of what I’ve said for the entire year.

“I’ve got a conꦜtract for next year and I will be driving for Red Bull next ye🐷ar.”

Asked if he would 100% be on the gr🐽id for the 2025 season-opener in Australia, he replied: “I already said. Nothing further to add. I have a contract for next year.”

Perez accepts “responsibility” for his 2024 form, but believes he has support from Red Bull man♍agement because “there’s a reason why they renewed me”.

“I thꦫink it’s just important to stay t♉ogether [as a team],” he said.

“The season hasn’t been the greatest but at the end of the day there’s a r🐓eason why they renewed me and they know I can still do it and that’s the important factor.

“Of course, I take responsibilitไy, but also I don’t feel it’s all down to one person.

“I’m obviously part of a big organisation, a big team, and it’s very unf𒅌oꦇrtunate we did not fight any harder for the constructors’.”