Crimson Bull would possibly utterly overhaul their driver line-ups for subsequent 12 months, with the vitality drink firm set to vary their driver pairing each at Crimson Bull and the Visa Money RB outfit.
Having struggled for pure tempo within the majority of the qualifying classes this 12 months, Sergio Perez’s future at Crimson Bull has been hanging within the stability for lengthy months.
The Guadalajara-born driver joined Crimson Bull in 2021, and helped his team-mate Max Verstappen win his first championship title that 12 months, taking part in a pivotal position on the title-deciding 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Nevertheless, he has didn’t ship a constant efficiency over the past couple of years. Perez has received 5 races with Crimson Bull, and completed second within the Drivers’ Championship final 12 months, however he has endured intervals throughout which he merely struggled for outright tempo in qualifying.
After a robust begin to the the 2024 season, Crimson Bull elected to increase his contract by an extra two years which might see Perez race for the Milton Keynes-based outfit till a minimum of the tip of the 2026 F1 season. Nevertheless, the Mexican struggled for tempo after his contract extension.
Crimson Bull has admitted that they may stage an vital assembly after the Abu Dhabi season finale, once they make the ultimate choice over their line-ups of their two groups.
RB driver Yuki Tsunoda will check a present Crimson Bull F1 automotive for the primary time throughout tomorrow’s submit season Pirelli tyre check. Requested concerning the goal with the check, Crimson Bull staff boss Christian Horner denied that the check can be an analysis run for the Japanese driver.
“To start with, the check with Yuki has been deliberate for a while. So it has been on the playing cards for, I believe, three months or one thing like that. In order that’s one thing that is been scheduled. Now, clearly, Checo is our driver. He stays our driver, contracted to the staff.
Over the previous days, it has emerged that Crimson Bull are set to make a whole overhaul to their line ups of each their groups. It’s believed that Liam Lawson or Yuki Tsunoda will step as much as change Perez, with the New-Zealander tipped to be the extra apparent candidate.
Ought to Lawson accomplice Verstappen at Crimson Bull as a alternative for Perez, F2 driver Isack Hajdar, who completed second on this 12 months’s F2 championship behind Haas-bound Gabriel Bortoleto, will make his F1 debut on the Visa Money RB staff.
Talking of the method, Horner confirmed vital talks for the approaching days: “And clearly, this season hasn’t gone to anybody’s plan, notably with Checo’s efficiency and since Monaco, it has been very, very powerful for him.
“And so inevitably, as soon as we get this race out of the best way, we’ll sit down and talk about the long run. However Checo has been an important a part of our staff. He is carried out an amazing job for us.
“In the event you suppose again, you already know, solely three years to that 2021 last, you already know, two Constructors’ Championship that he is contributed to as nicely. So there’s large respect for Checo inside the staff and no person likes to see him struggling like the best way he has. And, you already know, we’ll sit down and talk about issues after the season.
Requested whether or not Crimson Bull have already made the ultimate choice concerning their driver line-ups of their two groups, Horner denied that the staff has already made up its thoughts.
“We’re lucky that we have an amazing pool of expertise. It was good to see Isack Hadjar getting a run out as nicely in free follow there. We have got two proficient drivers in VCARB.
“However till the scenario is evident with Sergio and what he desires to do, all the pieces else is solely hypothesis,” concluded Horner.
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