168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez remains the top choice for Red Bull’s second car next season.

Perez entered 2024, the final year of his current contract, under huge pressure with most drivers on the F1 grid coveting his dominant car.

But a series of impressive showings alongside Max Verstappen have elevated Perez’s stock to the poin༺t where he is closing in on a new deal to remai🍌n.

🔜“Discussions are ongoing and Checo is still our first option,” Red Bu✨ll’s Helmut Marko confirmed to .

“We want to be clear abಌout this before the summer break, even if we areඣ certainly not putting any pressure on ourselves.”

In Perez’s home country of Mexico this week, it was r𒅌eported that negotiations had reached an intriguing point.

Fox News Mexico 🌞claimed that Red Bull had officially offered Perez a new one-year deal for 2025.

But he had 🌞counter-offered and asked for a two-year deal, which Red Bu♌ll rejected.

A deal was still beinᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚg negotiated back-and-forth, they repor☂ted.

Alternative options for Red Bull this season include Carlos Sainz, who will lo🐠se his Ferrari to Lewis Hamilton in 2025.

But despiไte Sainz’s availability he has not been snapped up by Red Bull o⛦r Mercedes yet, and might have to make do with a car further down the pecking order.

RB’s Daniel Ricciardo was red-hot f🥀avourite to replace Perez until he hit a stretch of poor form at the worst possible time.

The future of Ricciardo’s teammate Yuki Tsunoda has a🍸lso come under the microscope, reportedly because he is not being seriously considered as a replacement for Perez at Red Bull despite his good form.

“Of course he is also paꦐrt of conversations,” Marko said 💞about Tsunoda.

“In general, we have several options in his contrac🌃t so that he can be committed for several﷽ years.”