Sergio Perez’s father offers new perspective on Max Verstappen relationship at F1 Mexico City Grand Prix
Red Bull teammates Verstappen and Perez have had an occasionally feisty experience alongside each other, pe𝓰aking a year ago when the Dutchman refused team orders to help the Mexican because,♋ he believed, of an earlier transgression.
At this weekend’s F1 🔯Mexico City Grand Prix, Perez’s home race, he is under intense pressure to perform to keep his Red Bul✃l seat for 2024.
“Checo will definitely drive with Max in the same team for another ten years𒈔,” his father Antonioꩲ Perez is quoted by the .
“And i♐n these ten years, Checo might wꦍin a world championship.
“I like 🔯that my son competes with the best driver in the world. And the best driver in the world right now is Max Verstappen.
“This is the best relationship with a teammate that Checo has ever had in his Formula 1 ca🌄reer. And I like that."
Perez will begin the F1 Mexico City Grand Prix from fifth on the g꧑rid, but worryingly he is a place behind Daniel Ricciardo.
The returning AlphaTauri driver delivered a brilliant quaꦆlifying to offer a reminder of his qualities,🌞 and he has an eye on stepping into Perez’s Red Bull in 2024 or 2025.
Christian Horner, the Red Bull team principal, has denied that Perez staying relies upon him clinging o😼nto P2 in the drivers’ standings.
But if he is out-performed by R🐠icciardo at his own home race, it is unlikely to bode well for Pe♎rez.
James was a spor♚ts journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
