After qualifying third in Friday qualifying at Spaꦍ-Francorchamps, Horner was heard congratulating Perez over team radio, to which the Mexican replied: “ah, you will talk to me now.” 

Horner then resඣponded: "I will talk to you. I said to y🅰ou top five, mate. You've blitzed it." 

Asked about the radio exchange following Sunday’s grand prix, in which Perez finished second behind Red Bull teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen, he said: "It was a joke. 

“He [Horner] came before qualifying and said ‘if you're not i🅰n the top three, I will ꦐnot talk to you the rest of the weekend’.

“So he w𒈔as talking to me the res🀅t of the weekend.” 

The joke was a refer🌱ence to Perez’s recent torrid qualifying form that had seen him go five weekends on the trot without reachinꩵg Q3. 

Perez finally brought that run to an end at the Hungarian Grand Prix but could only qualify ninth, before recovering to third with what Horner described as a “statement drive”.&ꦿnbsp;

Perez enjoyed a stronger weekend in Belgium, despite a DNF in the Sprint Race following a collision with Mercedes’ 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton, to register his best💎 qualifying✃ and race result since Miami. 

However, a comp💎rehensive defeat to a charging Verstappen in Sunday’s grand prix leaves him trailing the Dutchman by 125 points in the world championship. 

Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko said that Perez had 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:“woken up from his world champion𝓰ship dr💝eam” following his recent string of setbacks thꦉat have enabled Verstappen to streak clear 𝔉in his bid to win a third consecutive drivers’ title.