Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has revealed that ex-F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone ended up the winner from a wager with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez.

Horner made a bet with Perez ahead of qualifying at the Japanese Grand Prix and lost, but it has now emerged that Ecclestone was the main▨ beneficiary from 🌼the wager.

Perez delivered his best qualifying performance at Suzuka, narrowly missing out on pole position to Red Bull teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen by just 0.066s.

After the session concluded, Horner was heard comin💫g over the radio to tell Perez that the result꧋ had cost him “a few quid”.

Perez replied, laughing: “Now you se🍌e how to motivate me!”, with Horner responding: “Haha! Well, I’ve always kn🌊own that!”

Horner has revealed that his mone﷽y ultimately ended up going to 93-year-old Ecclestone.

“I had a bet with him [𝓡Perezꦑ] to put it on the front row, because his best qualifying performance had been P4 here,” Horner explained.

“But somehow, having won the bet,🥀 he told me that he owed Bernie Ecclestone exactly the same amount of money. So he's passed that on to Bernie, who was the beneficiary f﷽rom Checo's front row.

“So dear old Bernie is still making m🗹oney while not even beingꦚ here.”

P👍erez went on to fꦜinish second behind Verstappen as Red Bull secured their third 1-2 from the opening four races of 2024.

H𒉰aving come into the season under pressure to keep his seat for 2025, Perez’s improved form has bolstered his chances of staying at Red 🔯Bull beyond the end of the year.

After the r🥀ace in Japan, Perez - who trails Verstappen by 13 points in the drivers’ chওampionship - said he believes he will have clarity over his future “in a month”.

On Perez’s future, Horner added: “I think his confidence ওis high. He’s very focused on the job in hand, and he's comfortable in the team.

“He knows he's out of contract for next year, so it's his seat to lose. He's very popular in the team and he has started the ꦏseason in the best possible way.”