Perez has seen his bid to challenge168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Max Verstappen for this year’s world championship collaps𒅌e in recent weeks, having fallen 53 points adrift of his꧑ teammate after a disastrous couple of races in Monaco and Spain. 

After losing further ground in Barcelona, Red Bull team principal Christian ♔Horner suggested Perez will benefit from reduced pressure in the title fight꧟. 

But Sky Sไports presenter Natalie Pinkham believes Perez is now facing a different kind of pressure. 

“Christian Horner has said the pressure is off Sergio Perez, but I actually disagree,” Pinkham told the F1 Nation podcast ahead of this weekend’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Canadian Grand Prix. 

“The pressure is maybe off only in the sense of ‘oh, well I’m out of this world championship’. Well that’s not pressure off. That’s ma💝ssive despondency that is sort of sucking the wind out of his sails. 

“I think that makes the pressure ramp up in a differ🥀ent way, becaus🔜e he has to prove that he’s worthy of the seat, albeit the second within Max’s team. 

“I think it’s 🍬a very different feeling ღfor him now and it’s one he will not be enjoying.”

F1 Nation and FIA press conference host Tom Clarkson reckons the situation will be a welcome rಌelief for Red Bu🅺ll’s management. 

“What Horner I think actually means is that the pressure is 💦off Christian Horner,” Clarkson said. 

“🗹He’s no longer got to deal with two guys, ‘who do we favour, who do we not 💧favour?’ It is clear now that Max Verstappen is going to be the one who is going to win the world championship for them. 

“So that so༒rt of political hot potato is out the window and ꦰit’s not a management issue for Red Bull.”

But Clarkson agreed that Perez is under pressure with talents such as 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris potentially up for grabs. 

“I think Perez has underℱperfor🌄med,” he continued. 

“You only get to the top in 💛elite sport, in any sport, but especially in F1, where you have to be competitive with yourself. 

“It’s all ♔about achieving at the highest level, and Perez has been left wanting.&nbs𝐆p;

“That creates pressure, especially when you have drivers like Lando Norris, who have flirted with Red Bull in t💧he past. Ok he’s got a long-term contract with McLaren. 

“But there are other drivers out there worthy of that second seat at Red Bull and we’ve seen time and again in F1 that driver contracts aren’t worth the paper they are written on. If two parties 𒈔want to do a deal, it will happen.

“Perez has got to keep performing, in a sort o🀅f nothing role now. He’s got to keep performing to show he’s worthy of the seat. 

“🍌But equally, he’s got to be the team player as well. So it’s a really frustrating second half of the season coming up I🌺 think.”