The accolades don’t stop for Sergio Czech Perez. He has now been the director of Red Bull, Christian horner who has expressed his feelings about the performance of the Mexican motorist in his team. The challenge for Czech It has been capital. After three seasons at Racing Point, he has had to hold the bar high on his new team.
And Horner has put in the right point the contributions of the Mexican so far this season. The Red Bull CEO He made special emphasis on the fact that in certain cases it is necessary to accommodate pilots who come from another team.
“Our point of view has always been to give a chance to young people and I think Red bullMore than any other team, it has, but from time to time you have to get out of the program. I think it was a decision brave do that, but I think it was correct. The dynamics in the team are working well ”, said Horner in statements taken up by Autosport.
He also took the opportunity to remember that Checo has fulfilled at the peak of the season, when the demand was maximum. For example, in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, in which the Mexican had to work hard to get the victory after entering the emergency after a blown tire took out of the race to Verstappen.
In the same vein, Herner has said that the Mexican has fulfilled what was expected, contradicting the statements of Helmut Marko, which stated (with the corresponding nuances and explanations) just the opposite. “I think Sergio has fulfilled the role we expected. They saw him in Baku when he picked up a victory the day he was able to put Lewis under pressure. “, Christian said about the Aztec pilot.
Horner also underlined the value Sergio has had in adding units and his collective adaptation to the team’s philosophy.
“He has been scoring those points for the constructors’ championship, and playing the team game, as we saw at the French GP. He is a great team player and we are very happy with the work he is doing ”, he commented.
Not everything has been honey on flakes for Checo Pérez, whose involvement with Red Bull has divided opinions between those who maintain that the Mexican has fulfilled what was expected and those whose performance has not yet finished filling the eye.
Helmut Marko, an advisor to the team, said that their expectations of Checo were higher. In that sense, the historical ex-pilot has mentioned that Pérez has tried to find his own configuration on board the RB16B, instead of using that of Max verstappen.
But, even with questions about the decisions made, there are nuances to think about Checo’s chances of staying in the team in the following season. “All of our second drivers have had problems with that. Pérez has experienced the same. He tried his setup and it didn’t work, so it’s a real headache, ”said Helmut.
On the other hand, Andrew Newey, the team’s technical chief, has said that since the days of Mark Webber, there was not a pilot who brought so much experience. From the Australian in 2007, no driver not trained in the team had been part of the team. “Having someone who has experienced other teams gives us a perspective and a contribution different from what we had“Newey said about the Mexican.
Thus, among conflicting opinions, Checo Pérez seeks to consolidate his season at Red Bull and earn the right to stay. The demand to be a teammate of Max Verstappen is a grenade in the hand not suitable for everyone. Horner’s statements, backed by the atypical decision to integrate the Mexican for this season, show that gregariousness is not an option when trying to fight for the top spots in the competition.
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