Key Sergio Perez trait identified that separates him from failed Red Bull drivers
Red Bull are notoriously demanding of their drivers and many have passed through their ranks - Pierre Gasly and Alex Albon are examples who didn’t make the grade but have recovered to forge F1 careers.
This approach has put Red Bull on top of the Formula 1 world, with star driver 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen the winner of the past three championships.
Perez, whose form nose-dived so badly that it created noise about his own future tꦏhis year, possesses one crucial attribute that has allowed him to hang around at Red Bull, Horner claims.
“If you’re not psychologically strong you won’t cope being [Max’s] teammaℱte, it’s as simple as that,” the team principal told the Sky F1 podcast.
“He’s just 🐬relentless in his pace, in the way th🤡at he operates.
“I think that’s one of the positives for Checo, he’s had the strength of character of being able to🧸 deal with that.
“We’ve seen that break others in the past. It’s a toug🍎h gig to be his teammate.”
Da൲niel Ricciardo, Gasly and Albon have each teamed with Verstappen during his rise to glory at Red Bull.
Horner insists that Perez’s mentaꦚl strength to cope with Vers🌠tappen’s brilliance is what has allowed him to maintain his position in the second car.
“We always field the most competitive cars we can,” Horne♐r said.
“There’s never a difference between the two cars. We ha⛦d an era with Sebastian where he was incredibly dominant and it was difficult to be his teammate.
“Now with Max, exactly the same thing. He’s a machine. He’s certainly the best driver currently in F1 as a three-time world champi𒉰on and to be his teammate is incredibly tough.”
But Horner🅠 also picked out the area which Perez mus🌜t improve.
“His bigg🎉est resolution would be to sort his qualifying ou❀t.
“That has been his ♉achilles heel at certain points this year.
“I think if he can dဣo that, his race pace is always strong, he races very well.
“We need him qualifying nearer the front, nearer to Max, putting more pre🏅ssure on.
“We can’t afford him to go missing at certain points o♎f the championship and have that consistency.
“He finished second this year, third last year, fourꦺth the year before, so he’s on the right trajectory!”
Pere⛎z clung onto P2 in the drivers’ standings this year, improving one place from 2022.
Although Perez’s immediate future at Red Bull appears secure, despite mounting doubt through 2023, it will swiftly come ဣunder pressure again when the new season begins.
H🌄e is out of contract in 2025 and in possession ofဣ the quickest car on the Formula 1 grid.
Ricciardo, now at 🔯AlphaTauri, is heavily linked with a returnꦺ to Red Bull to replace him.
James was a sp🃏orts journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from 🧔American sports, to football, to F1.
