Sergio Perez was left smarting after Max Verstappen denied him a fastest lap point at the jeddah circuit. The reigning world champion leads the standings by 44 points to Perez's 43. He believes in his RB19 he has the right car to fight for the championship.
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Verstappen reported vibrations around the driveshaft with concerning noises at high speed, fearing a repeat of his qualifying failure. The team-mate said he felt we are pushing without a reason and we don't need this. He said the team did a fantastic job on letting us race, and was actually more concerned with the reliability scares.
Perez scored a dominant win at the saudi arabia grand prix. The victory narrows the gap at the top of the drivers' world championship to just one point. A last-gasp fastest lap effort from team-mate Max Verstappen.
Sergio Perez crossed the line first, but it was not enough to take over the lead in the world championship. Perez was expecting more dominant but the safety car made it a lot harder for me. In the last 25 laps, the two Red Bull drivers were evenly matched.
Verstappen reported vibrations around the driveshaft with concerning noises at high speed, fearing a repeat of his qualifying failure. He said he felt we are pushing without a reason and we don't need this. But he responded with quick laps in turn, and said his happiness to race with the team was more concerned with the reliability scares.
Fernando Alonso took the lead in turn 1KEY HIGHLIGHTS at the 2023 Saudi Arabin GP. He was disqualified from the race by aston Martin Racing teammate. But he received a penalty at the start of the race.
Gasly and Albon endured disappointing respective spells alongside Max Verstappen. The frenchman was dropped in the middle of 2019, while Albon was replaced at the end of 2020 for Sergio Perez. Perez's wealth of experience has given him a clear advantage over Gasly.
AdIn 2022, the red bull Racing driver took pole in 2022. But he failed to convert this strong Saturday into a win on Sunday. He hopes it will be his turn in Saudi Arabia.
The rear tyres are not as good now as they were last year. The rears are just the same, according to the world champion. He believes the rear has taken a step in a worse direction. This year, the fact that the rear is also degrading is a good thing.
Italian driver had a good 2022 season with two race wins at the Monaco and Singapore Grand Prix. But he was out-shined by teammate Max Verstappen who won the driver's championship with Perez coming in third. The former manager said he needs to find some significant improvement from his performance in 2022.
The two-time world champion previously revealed that he could potentially stop racing at the age of 31. He said: “i think that they’re two very different styles of driver [Ricciardo and Perez]... They win races in very different ways.... Mainly because of age.” Croft said: „i hate to say this, I think that’s a great bloke, but he is not the future for Red Bull – not by any stretch of the imagination, mainly
Sergio Perez ended the year three points behind Charles Leclerc in the championship. The Mexican was handed a new two-year contract with Red Bull until the end of the 2024 season. Perez says he bounced back from early reliability struggles and a rough patch mid-year. Perez: "I can just feel that things are just getting better"
Sergio Perez was the most-mentioned driver on social media between March 20th and November 10th. Perez’s race victory at the Singapore Grand Prix was responsible for the highest number of social media mentions this season. The news comes after a difficult season for Perez who has been unable to match Verstappen's success.
Sergio Perez says he has what it takes to become world champion in 2022. The Mexican finished just behind Charles Leclerc in the championship. Perez was 150 points behind teammate Max Verstappen at the end of the season. The Red Bull driver says he needs to do better next year to achieve that goal.
Christian Horner says Daniel Ricciardo's new Red Bull contract is specific for a specific reason. Daniel rejoined Red Bull as a reserve driver after leaving in 2018. The Australian rejoined the team on a two-year deal with Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen. Perez signed a new deal at the Monaco Grand Prix having performed well for the team.
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Damon Hill wouldn’t be surprised if Daniel Ricciardo replaces Sergio Perez at Red Bull next season. The 1996 World Champion says it could be 'quite an interesting one' with the problems between Max Verstappen and Perez. Hill says Ricciard could be in prime position if there is some sort of fall out.
Christian Horner believes Sergio Perez could have been ahead of Charles Leclerc at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Red Bull principal believes Perez 'maybe' could have done it if it wasn't for Lewis Hamilton. Horner defended the team's decision to put Perez on a two-stop strategy.
Charles Leclerc finished in second place in Abu Dhabi with Red Bull pulling Perez into the pits to cover off Ferrari. Ferrari gave Perez an impression that it was going to gun for an undercut on Perez to try to get him ahead. But the message was not real and Ferrari was long committed to a one-stop. The trickery worked and Perez had to recover all the ground lost with the tyre change, which he failed to do.
Sergio Perez lost out on Charles Leclerc to Max Verstappen at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver had gone into the race on level points with the French driver. Helmut Marko believes that a key mistake cost Perez time in the race. The Mexican ended up in P2, while the Red Bull failed to clinch a 1-2 in the Drivers' Championship.
Red Bull driver Sergio Perez seems to be regretting his comments on Max Verstappen after the 2022 F1 Brazilian Grand Prix. Perez said that the entire event is now in the past for the Red Bull team and they are moving ahead. The Mexican driver thinks that the situation could have been handled differently. He said that Formula 1 is a very emotional sport and whatever he said was in the heat of the moment.
Sergio Perez's father appears to have added fuel to the fire in the Perez-Verstappen situation by stating that the Mexican wins races that the Dutchman cannot. The Mexican's father said that his son did not need anything from anyone. Perez had also tried to quash rumors of him intentionally crashing in Monaco qualifying.
Carlos Sainz was left with a damaged car after Sergio Perez crashed in Monaco qualifying. Reports suggest that Max Verstappen's frustration with Sergio Perez in Brazil was a result of the Mexican’s crash in Brazil. The Red Bull driver believes Perez crashed deliberately in Monaco to bring out a red flag in qualifying.
Red Bull admits it made some mistakes in dealing with team orders controversy at Brazilian GP. Red Bull says it accepted Max Verstappen's reasons for ignoring team orders at Interlagos. Verstapen was told to give up position on final lap to boost teammate Sergio Perez's points tally. Dutch media reported it was linked to a belief that Perez crashed on purpose in qualifying to guarantee he started ahead of him.
Max Verstappen refused to give back a place at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix to Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez. The Dutch driver backed out after Perez let him overtake on the understanding that the position would be returned if the Dutch driver could not pass Fernando Alonso for fifth place. Perez needs every point to beat Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to overall runner-up.
Red Bull driver Sergio Perez slammed teammate Max Verstappen for refusing to let Sergio Perez past him in Sao Paolo Grand Prix. Verstattappen refused to attack Fernando Alonso and Charles Leclerc in a bid to overtake the Ferrari driver. Perez sarcastically thanked the Red Bull team, saying this shows who he really is.
Max Verstappen refused to reveal his reasons for disobeying team orders at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Red Bull's Sergio Perez was stunned by his team-mate’s surly behaviour. Perez said he had “showed who he really is”
Sergio Perez says Max Verstappen showed who he really is after he refused a Red Bull team order in Brazil. Red Bull guided Perez through by Red Bull to attack Fernando Alonso and Charles Leclerc. Perez finished seventh in the Drivers' Championship after finishing P2 in the standings.
Max Verstappen decided not to pass Sergio Perez at the end of the Brazilian Grand Prix, despite a team order from Red Bull Racing. People on social media are also lashing out at the Dutchman. Red Bull teammate Christian Horner was angry at the decision to not pass Perez.
F1 rookie nicked first place back by 0.411s as he toured round in 1m23.282s. He was forced back to the pits with a suspected left-rear puncture that benched him for 15 minutes. The session was abandoned four minutes before time to leave Sainz to sit pretty in first.
Max Verstappen has sealed the drivers' championship title with Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez. Both Perez and Leclerc are fighting for second place in the standings. The two-time world champion revealed that he does not expect any gifts from his teammate at the 2022 Mexican Grand Prix.
The f1 champion is seeking a 14th victory Sunday that would break the record for wins in a season he shares with Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel. He has won seven of the last eight races, a streak stopped only by Perez himself with a win in Singapore earlier this month. The saga has been exhausting as red bull bosses have called for crippling penalties.
Sergio Perez can drive with his eyes closed ahead of the Mexican Grand Prix. The 32-year-old won the constructors' title with Red Bull Racing in Austin last week. Perez will be aiming to win his home race at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico.
Max Verstappen aiming to win Mexican Grand Prix in front of home fans. Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez aiming for third win of the season at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Perez is also fighting to finish runner-up in drivers' championship. Mercedes may introduce new front wing design that caused stir last weekend.
Red Bull team mate Max Verstappen is bidding to become the first driver to win 14 races in a single season. Sergio Perez could make history as the first Mexican to win his home grand prix on Sunday. The Spaniard is locked in battle with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc for second overall. Red Bull and the FIA will resume talks about the team's breach of last year's budget cap.
Cindy Perez and her 1-year-old daughter, Zuzu, watch a movie at OCMA's 24-hour grand-opening celebration in Costa Mesa. Perez said she was hoping to spend the night at the event so her family could continue with the festivities in the morning.
Sergio Perez has been left feeling very proud of Max Verstappen's drive to the title in 2022. The red bull team bounced back as the campaign progressed. Perez's own title bid slipped away as the Dutchman became increasingly dominant throughout the season.
The stewards issued a penalty to Charles Leclerc at the end of the japanese grand prix. He was battling for second with Sergio Perez when the driver cut the chicane at the final corner. The team will not appeal the penalty, but he did draw comparisons to the penalty issued to Perez.
Perez held off Charles Leclerc to win an incident-packed wet-dry race in Singapore. The race featured two Safety Cars and three Virtual Safety Car periods. Perez faces an investigation for failing to keep close enough before the race restarted.
Stewards believe that perez should be penalised twice after two errors. It is alleged that he fell more than 10 car lengths behind it when it was deployed.
He can get a maximum of one five-second penalty. The difference was more than seven seconds at the end of the race. He was whispered to by his race engineer that he needed to increase the gap towards Leclerc to more than five seconds.
The red bull driver overtakes Charles Leclerc into Turn 1 on the opening lap. Perez allegedly committed an infringement that is being looked at after the race.
Red Bull Racing have expressed their unhappiness with Sergio Perez's grid penalty. Perez was penalised for going off the track in qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix. The Spaniard will start the race in 13th place on the grid for the sprint race. Click here for more F1 news.
Max Verstappen four-tenths clear of Sergio Perez in final free practice for Sunday's British Grand Prix. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc was very close to Perez ahead of Mercedes duo of George Russell and a revived Lewis Hamilton. Carlos Sainz, still hunting his first win for Ferrari, was pushed back to sixth.
Max Verstappen four-tenths clear of Sergio Perez in final free practice for Sunday's British Grand Prix. The world champion and series leader clocked a best lap in one minute and 27.901 seconds. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was very close to Perez ahead of Lewis Hamilton and a revived Lewis Hamilton.
Max Verstappen four-tenths clear of Sergio Perez in final free practice for Sunday's British Grand Prix. The world champion and series leader clocked a best lap in one minute and 27.901 seconds. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was very close to Perez ahead of Lewis Hamilton and a revived Lewis Hamilton.
