Although he has a contract until 2026, no one in Red Bull can guarantee that “Checo” Pérez continue in the Austrian team next season given his poor level, especially in this second part of the year.
The figures of Franco Colapinto and Carlos Sainz They fly over Milton Keynes and the Mexican’s best asset to continue are his powerful sponsors.
If he left the energy drinks group, the Aztec would also not have the possibility of continuing on the grid, so Withdrawal seems more and more a viable option for the “Checo”.
Of course, not so long ago he had the power to secure his future. In an interview with ‘GQ’, the Guadalajara pilot admitted that rejected two offers to leave Red Bull.
“Had one chance, two chances, to change teams. “When I watched it, I said to myself: I really like the challenge I have at Red Bull,” he explained.
“It’s a huge challenge to be Max’s teammate.. It’s a challenge that basically trains you for everything. Then I said: ‘I want to succeed the last part of my career at the top, at the highest point, where the pressure is maximum,” he added.
In fact, it is striking that Pérez already begins to speak in the past tense: “But, in the end, there is 90 percent of the grid who would have loved to follow my career. “Sometimes it’s good to step back and remember how far we’ve come.”
