Sergio Perez makes drastic Red Bull demand in spite of Helmut Marko’s exit calls

has claimed that he wants a steady automotive to succeed at subsequent season. He has confronted loads of criticism from Helmut Marko this week with the Austrian suggesting that he may gain advantage from a special working atmosphere.

Checo began the 2023 season wanting like a real title contender. Masterful victories on the streets of Jeddah and Baku thrust the 33-year-old into the highlight as a possible challenger for Max Verstappen as followers equipped for a season of complete Purple Bull domination.

Sadly for Perez, this was the place his season peaked. A disappointing efficiency from pole place in Miami kicked off a ten-race successful streak for Verstappen. Quick ahead to the aftermath of a dismal Qatar Grand Prix and the Mexican is now 209 factors behind his three-time world champion team-mate. 

When requested by what he must succeed at Purple Bull subsequent season, Perez responded: “I feel a extra constant base all through the season and having a automotive that does not change a lot all year long.

“That additionally contributes to being extra constant – I feel that would be the key as a result of that was what occurred within the first few races. I feel after we began creating the automotive, I felt that the automotive was drifting away from me.

“I needed to preserve discovering the stability, making compromises right here and there. We preserve the additional particulars inside to the crew. It is one thing we’re all conscious of and hopefully subsequent 12 months it may be a special story.”

With simply 5 races remaining, Perez finds himself underneath strain from Lewis Hamilton within the battle for second place within the Drivers’ Championship. The seven-time champion’s first-lap crash signifies that the hole stays at 30 factors forward of america Grand Prix, however Checo’s achievement continues to be in severe jeopardy.

Marko voiced his issues earlier this week, telling : “You mustn’t neglect, I introduced him to the crew again then. However that is merely Verstappen’s destiny, he’s struggling now. That was already the case with Gasly, after a weak efficiency on the Purple Bull Ring, he was already lapped on the subsequent race in Hungary.

“Seen this manner, [Gerhard] Berger’s assertion [about Perez] is the fitting one: He wants a change in local weather and crew. Now let’s see how the subsequent two races go. However the crew and he are conscious that he’s in a disaster.”