HAS Czech Pérez He lacks balls and above all reasons to show that he is capable of continuing to be a pilot. Red Bull starting next year. His future, despite a contract with the Austrian team until the end of the year World 2026, is more uncertain than ever, but if one thing has become clear, it’s that he won’t make it easy for his team for four years if he opts for this drastic step of firing him.
Recently, the settlement amount that Checo and his agency are demanding from Red Bull in the event of his dismissal by 2025 was disclosed and it is so exorbitant that it is on par with what the biggest stars in the sport earn. For example, the $20 million compensation requested by the Mexican pilot is very similar to the star’s salary. Real Madrid, Kylian Mbappé.
However, its merits indicate that Red Bull would be right if ultimately, at the end of the last three rounds of the championship, it decided to fire its second driver. And Checo Pérez is having his most disastrous season in Formula 1since currently the ranking shows that he is the worst driver of the eight with the best car and his 151 points are about to snatch from his team a constructors’ trophy that they have not released since 2022.
In fact, Red Bull isn’t even the second best manufacturer today – it’s behind McLaren And Ferrari–, and this has Max Verstappen as leader of the World Drivers’ Championship (393 points) and one race away from winning his fourth title. The data does not lie and points more than ever towards a Czech who is obliged to finish better than eighth at the end of the year, otherwise his team could make the worst decision for him.
Checo Pérez is Red Bull’s big problem
The figure filtered by to click speaks of 20 million dollars that the Mexican would demand, but the loss for Red Bull would be even greater if it did not win the constructors’ title, since it would lose around 50 million, according to the calculations and information from this media that we we cited. Checo’s dismissal is a necessary good for the energy drink brand, but also a double-edged sword, since the enormous financial sum surrounding a full sponsorship figure could drown the team based in Milton Keynes.
For his part, Checo Pérez faces the Las Vegas Grand Prix after scoring a point in the last two games and knowing that his seat is on the line, that is, one more, since that has become the trend for him this year. “We need a double (he and Verstappen finish first and second) by the end of the year. I hope we can achieve that and that would be the big goal: to be stronger in the remaining races.
The range of drivers willing to fill the vacated seat is not very wide, since the 2025 grid is almost configured in the absence of a driver’s seat. R.B.. Liam Lawson It is he who occupies it after the dismissal of Daniel Ricciardobut the New Zealander is also best placed to accompany Verstappen if Checo is fired. Otherwise, the option Franco Colapinto he is still valued at Red Bull.
