A few weeks ago, Sergio Perez spoke about the championship opportunities, and now about how Red Bull is beginning to veer from its preferred direction with developments.
For the first time, at the British Grand Prix a week ago, Sergio Perez began complaining that while he was in perfect harmony with this year’s car in the first half of the year, he felt for the first time in Canada that the RB18 did. It doesn’t fit his style very much. Chancellor Helmut Marko confirmed to an Austrian newspaper this week that they feel Max Verstappen, who is at the top of his fitness, is “so valuable” that it is worth developing in his direction, even though they basically don’t want to pull back towards any of their rivals.
The M4 Sport His reporter, Matti Ogvari, confronted Perez with what Marco had said in the Red Bull Ring, and the Mexican admitted he had had some difficulties for some time.
“Yeah. The last few weekends haven’t gone very smoothly for me, it has been a little bit harder. That’s a little easier for Max. But we will see in the next races”
Perez said.
Later, he told the written press that he began to feel that his car was “getting away” from him. “Let’s just say I haven’t been as happy with the developments as I was at first. I still have some work to do to understand what’s going on, and I hope to have a smoother weekend here.” He said.
According to Marko, the fact that the gap between Verstappen and Pérez has increased recently can be attributed to the fact that their Dutch driver has become more in tune with their car. While he struggled a lot at the beginning of the year and couldn’t attack corners as he would have liked, he looked very confident in Canada and Great Britain behind the wheel once again and clearly outdid his teammate. However, this is not only because of his improvement, Perez has also regressed a bit.
“Well he’s starting to walk away from me in terms of the relief I got at the beginning of the year. But it’s also true that I’m just saying this based on two races, the previous two weekends were not good, I felt bad, this weekend will probably be the first when it’s clear How do I really do
Perez said.
This navigation can be traced back to the different driving styles of both competitors. Perez does well with cornering, and Verstappen doesn’t bother with over-steering, but neither of them are really in his element in reverse. On the other hand, Red Bull has to think about how to make the most of its package in the direction of development. This includes not only the car, but also the driver. And Marko’s words suggest that they still see more potential in Verstappen than a satisfied Perez.
If this trend continues, the three-time race winner will have to adapt. He is currently 34 points behind Verstappen, and although he was able to get 12 points behind his teammate last time, Perez still suffers from a Canadian elimination.. “One or two zeros, and that’s it for the championship, that’s for sure. But hopefully the reliability issues will go away and we’ll be able to finish the races. That’s the most important thing.” – he said, emphasizing that he wants to beat his teammate, but if Verstappen wins, he will still be happy for his team.
