“Back to reality” as Sergio Perez hit with “on his way out the door” verdict

"One swallow🦹 doesn’t make a summer. One good result is not what you expect"

Sergio Perez
Sergio Perez

Sergio Perez cou🌊ld follow Daniel Ricciardo out of the Red Bull exit door unless🥃 he improves quickly, fears David Coulthard.

Perez has scored only one point in the past two grands prix combined, as Red Bull have fallen behind McꦚLaren in the constructors’ championship.

A late crash in Azerbaijan while he was challenging for a podium was unf꧒ortunate, but Perez followed it up with a drab P10 in Singapore.

“He did brilliant🎉ly in Baku but one swallow doesn’t make a summer,” David Coulthard assessed for C🐓hannel 4.

“One good result is not what you expect. He is clearly the No2�𒐪� driver in that team.

“T🦄here was so much relief off the back of Baku. Here, it was back to reality.

“If he doesn’t get solid points for the remainder of the yea🍰r then, like Daniel Ricciardo, it looks like h🤡e’s on the way out of the door.

“It could be the same situation for Perez.”

Ricciardo’s lack of form fo♎r RB this season means he will be replaced by Liam Lawson for the remainder of the season.

Perez avoided being replaced at the midway s🃏tag🤪e, and received additional backing from Red Bull.

But with McLaren duo Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri each running at the front at every round, Perez’s l𒁃ack of points has caused an issue for Red Bull in the co🌳nstructors’.

Max Verstappen’s P2 in Singapore, behind⭕ Norris, offered some respite for Red Bull.

“They came with a set-up which was based around the difficulties they had last🔯 year. It didn’t work,” Coulthard🍸 analysed.

“They reverted to something🦩 a bit mo🌟re in their window of operation.

“Max was brilliantly capable of extracting a lap which secured them the front row. Maybe it could have been different if Oscar hadn’t had his d🍸iffic💯ulties.

“But the stopwatch doesn’t lie. The grid was it was. Second was the best t🧸hey could hope for.”

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