Perez will enter his third year with the team in 2023, but he’s yet to mount a serious challenge to168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Max Verstappen over the course of a season.

With Ricciardo - who spent a number of years alongside Verstappen at Red Bull before - returning to the team, many see it as a m🍰ove that will put additional pressure on Perez to perform.

Speaking after the launch of Red Bul🦄l’s new car in New York, Perezඣ played down the signing of Ricciardo.

“When you are at Red Bull Racing you have to perform at your best, it doesn’t matter if Daniel is here or not because Red Bull𝓰 can pick pretty much any driver from the grid,” Perez said. 

Perez was quick to point out𓄧 the advantages of having Ricciardo in the team, given his wealth of experience and pedigree.&nbsܫp;

“We are fortunate to hဣave Daniel, with the level of experience that he has,” Perez added. “To have him b𝓰ack at the factory with the engineers? 

“When we talk about the car, he knows what we 🐓are talking about. To hav𒐪e him around at weekends will really help.”

Despite playing a b🐻ig role in🌃 Verstappen’s first title triumph, there was some tension between the pair following the Sao Paulo Grand Prix at the end of last year.

Verstappen refused to let Perez through t❀o help him in his fight against Charles Leclerc for second in the championship, with t♚he Dutchman hunting afterwards because of a prior incident earlier in the season in Monaco. 

When as𝄹ked 💙about if any tension remains with Verstappen, Perez stressed the need to “maximise the team effort”.

“It’s important to work as a team,” Perez explained. “It is clear - we want to maximise the team effort. “It’s not all about Max or myself, it’s about the team. We have♌ people in the factory giving everything for us so we have to respond in that regard.

“I am working very hard onꦯ my side with my engineers to make sure that we can make the next step.”