On Thursday afternoon, sensationally claimed that Perez’s F1 career would be set to come to anไ end in Abu Dhabi next month.

The post stated that a high-profile member of Escudería Telmex - a Mexican company that has been closely aligned to key motorsport talents such as Perez - informed them of Red Bul𓄧l’s decision to replace him for 202♐4.

Unexpectedly, the story - which caugh♐t a lot of traction on social media - was quickly downplayed by Perez’s PR team.

Luis Alberto Aguirre - who has been part of Perez’s en♈tourage since 2018 - posted on X (formerly Twitter) in response to the fabricated post.

 

— Luis Alberto Aguirre (@Aguirre_A_Luis)

Perez is 👍under increasing pressure to keep his Red Bull drive, particularly fo♏r 2025.

𝓡While he does have a contract for 2024, his form continues to nose drive as he strugౠgled once again in Qatar.

 Perez picked up three penalties for track limits in Sunday’♈s race at Losail as he fi🥂nished behind both Alfa Romeos in P10.

Perez himself has given no indication that he wants to quit F1 thoug🎉h, stating: “This year, my objective is, clearly, to be second place. 

"Next year I want to imp🐎rove and fight for the title, that’s my goal."