Huge seven-figure bill faces Red Bull if they ditch Sergio Perez

Details of huge pay-off Red Bull must 🗹swallow if they bin Sergio Perez, reports Stewart Bell

Sergio Perez
Sergio Perez

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz kept the good times rolling for Ferrar💦i in Mexico, with the Spaniard storming to the red team’s second-straight victory, his fourth career win – as the Prancing Horse galloped past Red Bull for second in the constructors’ standings, its eyes on the top spot with four races to go.

And while Scuderia team💛 boss Frédéric Va🤡sseur had dismissed a title chase was front of mind in Austin, things changed south of the border.

“Since Monza, our car has ꦉnow worked well at very different types of track, so I feel we can be com♏petitive at the remaining races also,” he said.

In the paddock, there was no shortagꦜe of chatter against a backdrop of maximum Mexico: in styling – with Día de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead) festival held on the Saturday after the Gran🐻d Prix, November 2nd – and cuisine, with the Taqueria a big hit, including with many of the drivers.

Huge buyout if Red Bull opt to get rid

Naturally, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez’s future was the big story, with the Mexican stating pre📖-event that he’s staying at Red Bull, despꦓite enduring a “terrible season”.

"In the end, I'm p🧸art of a team, part of an organisation, and imagine you'v🐷e been with the best team in the world for four years, and they've just renewed you for two more years,” he said.

“So, they va🌌lue my work and that's why I'm still there.”

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Drivers disagree over rule change

Checo’s teammate Verstappen was also under fire, after he ran Norr🍷is off-track twice for 20-seconds (across two penalties) added to his stop – with the Dutch world champion doing similar in Austin, though there Norris was penalis🅺ed for passing him while both were off-track.

The FIA has since taken action, with the governing body plann𓂃ing to introduce a reworded F1 racing guidelines document at the penultimate round in Qatar. It’s understood that changes have already been approved, with the final wording to be signed-off by the G🍸rand Prix Drivers Association.

But, some members of the grꦿid don’t think cha🌃nges need to be made.

“No drama there,” said Sauber’s Valtteri Bottas. “It’s just that some drivers are pushing the limits of the regulations more, and almost l𝓡ike taking the piss out of it, but the rules are clear.”

Two grands prix in talks to extend deal

Behind the scenes, race promoters continued negꦬotiations with F1 for contract renewals, including Mexico – whose deal🌳 runs out after next year’s event.

"We’ve already started conversations with Formula 1, with the [Mexico] city, and with government officials to form the right coalition to make this happen, 🎶and get an extension,” said eveಞnt director Alejandro Soberon.

“We're fairly optimistic that we're going to have a race for many, many year🅷s."

The Mexico City Grand Prix is rightly one of the most popular on the ꦓF1 calendar, as a destination race, with grandstands annually packed to the rafters, including this year’s edition: the tickets for which sold out in just two hours for a weekend at🅰tendance of 404,958 people.

Also bargaining with F1 is Belgium, which also has a contract꧋ up to and including 2025, though it’s understood the promoters want an annual race at Spa – and not to alternate with the Netherlands. But, the pressure is on with Fไ1 keen to expand in Africa and Asia – via talks with South Korea, Thailand, and Indonesia.

The paddock will be ready for a break after this coming weekend, however, with Brazil the last leg in the👍 first of two triple-headers that close out the 2024 season. 

So it’s onwards to São Paulo, the southern hemisphere’s largest city, and home to legendary track Interlagos – where the sport will remember the late, great thre🧸e- time F1 World Champion Ayrton Senna, 30 years after his passing.

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