Sergio Perez hints at “reasons why” F1 drivers struggle alongside Max Verstappen
Sergio Perez opens up about why it's so tough to🅺 be Max Verstappen's teammate in F1.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez is adamant he would “stand out” more if he had another F1 teammate other than 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen while hinting at “🌸reasons why” Red Bull is a challenge for any driver.
Like his predecessors, Perez has struggled to get on level terms with Verstappen on a regu𝄹lar bas🐼is.
In F1 2024, he’s yet to out-qualify or out-race the Dutchman as he sits third in the championship standings behind Lec𒊎ꦬlerc.
However, to Perez’s credit, other than the last weekend a🌃t Imola, his performances have been fairly consistent.
Perez is out of contract 🍒at the end of 2024 but remains hopeful that he will re🔯main at the team for a fifth straight campaign.
The Mexican is in prime position to keep his seat given that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo continues to underperform at RB.
Speaking during the Emiliꦿa Romagna Grand Prix weekend, Perez spoke about the challenge of being teammates with Verstappen.
“It's not fair if I'm going to speak for other drivers, but there are reasons why Re༺d Bull doesn'ꦺt work for everyone," he said. “Being Verstappen's teammate is super spicy. I'm sure I would have stood out more often if I had another teammate. However, it is a fantastic challenge. Max is the best driver, he is complete and makes few mistakes.
“It's great to have a team-mate like that, because you know you have to push to the limit and finish perfect 𝔉weekends to beat him.”
Perez’s improved form in 2024 has been down to a chꦅange of approach in terms of focusing on his own setup and what he is doing.
The 💝five-time F1 winner concedes that being “mentally strong” is 🌠one of the most important factors when you’re teammates with Verstappen
“If you keep struggling and hav🍨e a teammate like Max, who delivers weekend after weekend, you end up in a vicious cycle,” Perez added
“You're constant♑ly looking at the set-up of the car⛦, when there's probably not that much left in it.
“You really just have to reset and stay💫 mentally strong, because sometimes it can be very difficult. At Red Bull you just have to be 🏅mentally strong now.”
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