Sergio Perez is not worried about what is being written about, he feels secure about his contract with Red Bull and is happy to be able to race again this weekend.
The pressure on Sergio Perez is not letting up. Many people are still speculating on the future of the driver who qualified for the Mexican Grand Prix in the first round, which is not helped by the lack of results on the track. Although the Red Bull leaders could not stop themselves from emphasizing a week ago that his form had improved and that he was closer to Max Verstappen, Perez left the home race without points on Sunday, and his championship advantage over Lewis Hamilton was reduced to 20 points. . .
In recent weeks, it has been reported that Red Bull have given him an ultimatum and that he can only secure his seat in 2024 by securing second place, with others only speculating that he will have to convince his bosses in the remaining three weekends that he is. He deserves to complete his contract, and they can count on him in 2024, if the battle with other teams gets closer.
Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez (Image: XPB)It seems that Perez does not want to know anything about this matter. British Sky Sports In response to a question about whether second place in the league was a condition for his survival, the Mexican said:
“If that’s what you want to say or write as a journalist… It seems that these are the rumours, but I have a contract, everything is clear, no matter where I finish the season.” “Rumors are just rumours.”
Speaking to the press, Perez was surprised that after Helmut Marko’s statement last weekend, it was not clear to everyone that he would stay at Red Bull. Marco said Perez’s contract runs until 2024 and “it will happen.”
“I’ve been in Formula 1 for thirteen years and I know that everyone here has different interests. Even journalists. So I’m used to it.”
He was challenged in the press.
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In response to a question, if next year is certain, what will happen next, Perez explained: “I’m not thinking about it yet. When you’re going through a tough time, you have to focus on racing. There are a lot of rumors about my future, but I don’t have the energy for that. I just want to focus on Sunday and my manager is there for everything else.”
Perez also has no doubts about his ability to defend his championship position against Hamilton. “Yes, I have the pace to finish second. I’ve been very unlucky the last few weekends. It’s time for a clean weekend to prove what I can do because the pace has been better in the last few weekends than the results have shown. I really feel like we’ve improved a lot “We need to get back to our level this weekend.”
He admitted that, after the local failure, he wouldn’t mind the current leg being the third leg of the triple weekend, which he could improve immediately. “I’m lucky that I don’t have to miss weekends. I’m happy to be here now and put everything that happened in Mexico behind me.”
