Sergio Perez has introduced his exit from the Crimson Bull Formulation 1 group after 4 seasons with the squad.
As broadly anticipated, the Mexican will vacate the seat alongside world champion Max Verstappen after a tricky 2024 marketing campaign by which he struggled for efficiency and dropped to eighth within the drivers’ championship.
That lack of type had lengthy left his future unsure, regardless of him initially having signed a contract again in June that ran by means of till the top of 2026.
However following negotiations for the reason that season-closing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Perez and Crimson Bull have agreed to finish the deal and go their separate methods.
Whereas there had been consideration of Perez retaining ties to Crimson Bull by means of some type of ambassadorial position, it’s understood that this was finally dominated out.
Perez joined Crimson Bull in 2021 and positioned fourth, third and second throughout his first three years with the group, serving to it win two constructors’ titles.
However as rivals caught up with the Milton Keynes-based squad in 2024, his enduring difficulties to gel with the RB20 proved expensive because the group slumped to 3rd within the constructors’ championship.
Regardless of season-long hypothesis about his future, Perez was at all times adamant that he would see out his two-year contract for 2025 and 2026, however on the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix he first hinted that talks over his future might but spell an earlier departure.
Crimson Bull has not but made any announcement about who will substitute Perez, however his exit opens the door for it to advertise one in every of its junior drivers from its sister Racing Bulls group.
Liam Lawson, RB F1 Workforce, Max Verstappen, Crimson Bull Racing
Picture by: Crimson Bull Content material Pool
New Zealander Liam Lawson is favorite to get the nod over the extra skilled Yuki Tsunoda for the high-pressure seat alongside Verstappen.
Lawson’s promotion would unlock a slot at RB for Crimson Bull junior and F2 runner-up Isack Hadjar.
With no different seats accessible for 2025, Perez is ready for a spell on the sidelines after 14 consecutive seasons within the collection since his 2011 debut with Sauber.
Perez took a maiden grand prix win with Racing Level on the one-off 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, and added one other 5 wins and three poles to his resume with Crimson Bull. His most up-to-date win got here final 12 months in Baku, one in every of his 39 podiums in F1.
Further reporting by Jonathan Noble
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