Sergio Perez has mirrored on his difficulties at Crimson Bull, driving alongside four-time Method 1 champion Max Verstappen, arguing that even Lewis Hamilton would battle within the function.
The Mexican driver is ready to return to the championship in 2026 with Cadillac after parting with the Milton Keynes outfit on the finish of 2024. Crimson Bull has struggled to discover a second driver who is ready to extract the identical degree of efficiency out of the automotive as Verstappen.
Perez was changed for the beginning of the 2025 season by Liam Lawson, who was later changed by Yuki Tsunoda after simply two race weekends.
“I don’t prefer to criticise the drivers, as a result of I used to be in that place. I do know precisely what they’re going via,” Perez advised Sky Sports activities F1 through the Mexico Grand Prix weekend.
“The minute I signed my exit with Crimson Bull once we got here to an settlement, I knew that ‘poor man who comes right here’, as a result of I managed to outlive. It’s a really tough place.
“Clearly, being subsequent to Max may be very tough. However being subsequent to Max in Crimson Bull, it’s one thing that folks don’t perceive. There are such a lot of issues I might inform you about it however, merely, it’s only a very tough job for a driver.”
Sergio Perez, Crimson Bull Racing
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The 35-year-old claimed that even seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton would “battle massively” within the function.
“There isn’t a driver who might survive there. It doesn’t matter in the event you carry Hamilton or Leclerc, or whoever you carry, they’re going to battle massively,” he added.
“As a driver, it’s actually tough as a result of it’s a must to suppose on a regular basis [about] the best way to drive it. While you’re pondering on a regular basis [about] the best way to drive the automotive, you understand what occurs.”
With 5 race weekends remaining within the season, together with the Mexico Grand Prix, Verstappen has scored 306 of Crimson Bull’s complete of 331 factors. The Dutchman is preventing for the championship in opposition to the McLaren drivers, sitting 40 factors behind the championship chief Oscar Piastri and 26 factors behind Lando Norris in second.
Crimson Bull at the moment sits fourth within the constructors’ standings.
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