Sergio Perez’s future shall be mentioned in a Purple Bull shareholder assembly after F1’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Whereas Perez solely signed a brand new two-year contract in Might of this 12 months, his kind has since dropped considerably and he has scored simply 49 factors within the 16 races following the Miami Grand Prix. On the newest weekend in Las Vegas he was eradicated in Q1 and scored only a solitary level for tenth place after failing to discover a well beyond Yuki Tsunoda within the closing laps.
RACER understands that there have already been discussions with Perez regarding his future, however {that a} wider assembly will handle the state of affairs after Abu Dhabi.
“When you take the distinction between Max and Sergio’s factors then it’s clear the place the issue is,” Purple Bull advisor Helmut Marko instructed RACER after Verstappen gained a fourth drivers’ championship on Saturday night time. “There shall be a call – after Abu Dhabi we are going to get collectively and current to the shareholders what we expect is finest and they’re going to decide.”
Purple Bull staff principal Christian Horner stated Perez’s efficiency in Saturday’s Las Vegas Grand Prix was sturdy, however that the factors return was not passable given McLaren’s relative struggles with tempo. Lando Norris completed sixth forward of Oscar Piastri in seventh.
“Clearly a single level from Checo, it was a very good drive from him, a very good restoration, however the issue is he’s beginning out of place,” Horner stated. “On a day when McLaren had been weak, we’d have preferred to take extra factors out of them.
“Something concerning the drivers… We’ve got drivers beneath contract and we’ve got drivers with choices that stay between the corporate and the drivers concerned. There’s nothing to say on that.”
