Key Sergio Perez trait identified that separates him from failed Red Bull drivers
Red Bull are notoriously demanding of their drivers and many have passed through their ranks - Pierre Gasly and Alex Albon are examples who didn’t make the grade but have recovered to forge F1 careers.
This approach has put Red Bull on top of the Formula 1 world, with star driver 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen the winner of the past three championships.
Perez, whose form nose-dived ꦦso badly 🐷that it created noise about his own future this year, possesses one crucial attribute that has allowed him to hang around at Red Bull, Horner claims.
“If you’re not psychologically strong you won’t cope being [Max’s] teammate, it’s as simple as that,” the team principal told the Sky🙈 F1 podcast.
“He’s just relentless in his pace, in the way that h💙e operates.
ꩲ“I think that’s one of the positives for Checo, he’s had the strength of character of being able to deal with that.
“We’ve seen that break otꦚhers in the past. It’s a tough gig to be his teammate.”
Daniel Ricciardo, Gasly and Albon have each teamed with Verstappen during his rise to glor🃏y at Red Bull.
Horner insists that Perez’s𝓀 mental strength to cope wꦍith Verstappen’s brilliance is what has allowed him to maintain his position in the second car.
“We always field the most c🌠ompetitive cars we can,” Horner sai🅷d.
“There’s never a difference between the two cars. We had an ꦺera with Sebastian where he was incredibly dominant and it was difficult to be his ওteammate.
“Now with 🔯Max, exactly the same thing. He’s a machine. He’s certainly the best driver currently i🐻n F1 as a three-time world champion and to be his teammate is incredibly tough.”
But Horner also pic🍃ked out the area whi♏ch Perez must improve.
“His biggest resolution🎀 would be toꦺ sort his qualifying out.
“That has been ♔his achilles heel at certain points this year.
“I think if he 𒅌can do that, his race pace is always strong, he races very well.
“We need him qualifying nearer the front, nearer to Max, putting m꧟ore pressure on.
“We🔯 can’t afford him to go missing at certain points of the championship and have that consistency.
“He finished second this year, third last year, fourth the year before, so he’s on the right trajec♏tory!”
Perez clung onto P2 in the drivers’ standings this yeౠar, im♊proving one place from 2022.
Although Perez’s immediate future at Red Bull appears secure, despite mounting doubt through 2023, it will swi꧂ftly come under pressure again when the new▨ season begins.
He is out of contract in 2025 aℱnd in possession of 🦩the quickest car on the Formula 1 grid.
Ricciardo, now at AlphaTauri, is heavily linked with a return to Red Bull to replace him⛎.
James was a sports journalis✃t at Sky Sꩵports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
