McLaren CEO Zak Brown says he would be “very concerned” about 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez’s current F1 form if he was in charge of Red Bull.

Perez started the season strongly and finished second to teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen in three of the first four races, but the Mexican has 🦄not stood on the podium since the Chinese Grand Prix in April and is currently enduring a torrid run of form.

He has retired twice and not finished higher than seventh in the past five rounds, as well as suffering a string of early qualifying exitsꩲ, leaving him fifth in the championship, 119 pointsꦛ adrift of Verstappen.

“I would be, which I’m sure they are, very concerned about the lack of performanceဣ,” Brown told media including at Silverstone when asked if he would be considering making a driver change if he was in Horner’s position.

“But I lik💝e Sergio, so I wouldn't want to comment further on that.”

McLaren sit third in the constructors’ championship, 87 points behind Red Bull. As Red Bull’s nearest challengers in recent weeks, Brown 🦋reckons his team could yet win the title, but admits it will be “dependent on Perez”.

“I think it’s ꦯgoing to be dependent on Perez, at the end of the day,” he said. “Because you’ve got to assume that Max is going to be first, second or third at every race, the balance of the year, probably more firsts than thirds.

“Sergio underperforming is♋ what’s opening the window for𒁃 us. I think if we have the same points gain we’ve had the last six races, the balance of the year, we’d get the job done. So we're fully aware of it.

“But the way Andrea motivates 🅠the team, it’s all about this weekend, the next session, and then next week. So we know we can do it. But that’s not what’s driving our motivation. What’s driving our motivation is to try and be better every session, every week, and kind of the outcome will tﷺake care of itself.”

Brown insists McLaren are ready to go “toe to toe” with Red Bull, b꧙ut stressed his side are not prepared to get “nasty” i♋n order to win.

"We're prepared to go toe to toe,” he explained. “Nasty is🌳 not how McLaren goes racing. I think you can go toe to toe, but you don’t have to be nasty a🐻bout it.

“They seem to at times have a win ℱat all costs mentality. That’s not how we go racing. But we think you can go toe to toe and take the fight to 🌠them our own way.”