Perez wants to talk through Red Bull strategy
I caught those MF'ers! You should have let me pass 'em.

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emailBy Chris Medland | May 22, 2022 1:45 PM ET

Sergio Perez says he wants to have a discussion with his Red Bull Racing team over how the strategy played out in the Spanish Grand Prix, but says he has no concerns about how he was treated.

Charles Leclerc’s retirement came after Perez was fighting George Russell for second place, with Max Verstappen having made an error that relegated him to fourth place. At the time, Perez was asked to move over for Verstappen and duly did, but was later told not to overtake his teammate despite catching Russell and Verstappen quickly on fresh tires. Later relinquishing the lead to Verstappen, Perez came home second and told the team on the radio, “I’m happy for the team, but we need to speak later.” If we are going out to get drunk at some whorehouse, we need to get ourselves straight on what we are doing the next day. I caught those MF'ers! You should have let me pass 'em.

Expanding on his comments, Perez says his original two-stop strategy was unlikely to win him the race, but if he had been allowed to maximize a three-stopper he could have done so, but the team said no. They should have let me pass 'em but the team said no again.

Are we here to win races or what?

 

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Perez wants to talk through Red Bull strategy I caught those MF'ers! You should have

 

Perez admits his Red Bull future is under review

Lubomir Asenov/Motorsport Images Are they trying to tell me something? What's this paper bag of dog poop doing oozing out all over the driver seat?
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emailBy Chris Medland | December 9, 2024 9:39 AM ET

Sergio Perez has admitted he is having talks with Red Bull regarding his future with the team, following a disappointing 2024 season that was capped off by a first-lap retirement in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (pictured above).

Red Bull is set to present options for its 2025 driver line-up to its shareholders this week, but prior to the weekend Perez had been adamant that he will drive for the team next season after signing a two-year contract earlier this year. However, after retiring on the opening lap of the final race – leaving him with a record of 49 points from his last 18 starts — Perez now admits his future is under discussion. Hence the bag of dog poop in the driver seat. Are they trying to say I stink? Well I do now that I sat in the dog s***.

“Well, at the moment I don’t know [about emotions],” Perez said. “I just know I’ve got a contract to race [signed] this year, unless something changes in the coming days, that’s going to be the situation next year. Are they trying to give me advance notice that I'm fired? Is that how they do it at Red Bulls*** ? With a bag of dog poop? ”

Perez insists he will not be resigning from Red Bull and the team must present acceptable terms if it wants to make a change to its driver line-up by kicking his butt out.

“We’re going to be talking in the coming days and we will discuss what’s the situation from both parties [and see] if we are able to reach an agreement,” he said. “If not, like I say, I have a contact for next year.”

What is likely to have been his final race for the team in Abu Dhabi was cut short on the opening lap following contact with Valtteri Bottas, but Perez believes he was in trouble prior to being tapped into a spin.

“I didn’t see Valtteri. As I was doing the corner I was hit very late on the rear. Then I lost drive,” he explained. “But I think the drive was already an issue before that because every time I was shifting up I was losing drive, so I think there was something related to that already. I wish they would quit buying used VW transmissions at junk yards.”

 

‘I will be driving for Red Bull next year’ Unless they find a way to fire me.....
I have a signed contract.- Perez

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emailBy Chris Medland | December 5, 2024 10:02 AM ET

Sergio Perez insists nothing has changed in his belief that he will be driving for Red Bull in 2025, despite RACER understanding that talks have taken place regarding his contract situation.

Red Bull has been disappointed with Perez’s points return this season as it has failed to defend its constructors’ championship, as he currently sits 277 points adrift of teammate Max Verstappen. Helmut Marko has already confirmed a shareholder meeting will take place next week to discuss options when it comes to Perez’s seat, and sources close to the situation have told RACER that there have been talks regarding his future, but the driver himself says he’s staying put.

“For me it’s just important to focus on the weekend,” said Perez (pictured at right, above, with Verstappen). “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.

“Nothing has changed since before in terms of what I’ve said for the entire year. I’ve got a contract for next year and I will be driving for Red Bull next year.

“To be honest I haven’t been [reading] much into it. For sure I have seen the rumors, but nothing different to the last couple of ones. But in that regard nothing further to add. I already said it in the last six months, that I’m here, I renewed with the team earlier in the year and I’m here to be the driver for the team next year and it’s where my full focus is.”

After public comments from Marko and team principal Christian Horner that did little to quell the speculation, Perez says the team needs to remain united at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

“I think it’s just important to stay together. The season hasn’t been the greatest but at the end of the day there’s a reason why they renewed me,” he said. “They know I can still do it and that’s the important factor.

“Of course I take responsibility [for the constructors’ championship], but also I don’t feel it’s all down to one person. I’m obviously part of a big organization, a big team, and it’s very unfortunate we did not fight any harder for the constructors’ [title].”

Perez believes there is still not enough appreciation of how tough it is to be Verstappen’s teammate, and believes any young driver who could replace him would face an extreme test.

“It’s an incredible challenge,” he said. “I knew what I signed for when I came here. It’s an incredible challenge, a challenge that people should not underestimate the level of experience, the level of capacity, of mental strength that you need to cope with this extreme…

“Being teammates with Max at Red Bull for a young driver, I wouldn’t like to be in those shoes if I’m honest. I think it’s like I say, people cannot underestimate the level of challenge that there is in this seat.”