Purple Bull Racing is formally on the lookout for a brand new teammate for Max Verstappen.
The crew introduced Wednesday that Sergio Perez wouldn’t be again with the crew in 2025. The announcement isn’t a lot of a shock; of the 2024 season that Perez’s future with the crew was unsure.
“I’m extremely grateful for the previous 4 years with Oracle Purple Bull Racing and for the chance to race with such an incredible crew,” Perez mentioned in a press release. “Driving for Purple Bull has been an unforgettable expertise and I’ll all the time cherish the successes we achieved collectively. We broke data, reached outstanding milestones, and I’ve had the privilege of assembly so many unbelievable folks alongside the best way.”
Perez’s departure comes after a particularly disappointing season. Verstappen received his fourth straight world championship however Purple Bull completed third within the constructor’s standings behind McLaren and Ferrari largely due to Perez’s struggles.
Perez, 34, completed eighth within the standings and was 71 factors behind Lewis Hamilton in seventh. He had simply 4 podium finishes and all 4 of them came visiting the primary 5 races of the season.
After ending no decrease than fourth by way of the primary six races of 2024, Perez by no means completed greater than sixth the remainder of the season as Purple Bull’s automotive dominance disappeared. Perez scored only one level over the ultimate 5 Grand Prix races and the final two races of the season ended with a DNF.
Over the earlier three seasons, Perez received 5 races for Purple Bull and was second within the 2023 factors standings to Verstappen. He scored 29 podiums in 4 seasons with Purple Bull after successful the primary race of his profession with the present Aston Martin crew throughout the 2020 season.
Purple Bull didn’t announce Perez’s substitute on Wednesday. That driver will seemingly be both Liam Lawson or Yuki Tsunoda. The 2 completed the season driving for the junior RB crew after Lawson changed Daniel Ricciardo throughout the season. If considered one of them are promoted, junior driver Isack Hadjar could possibly be the substitute at RB for 2025.
