Christian Horner was asked about the “frustration” he displayed b🅘y shaking his head despairingl𓄧y at Sergio Perez.

Red Bull’s under-fire second driver caused a red flag in quali💛fying for last weekend’s F1 British Grand Prix by spinning at Copse.

Team principal Horn𝕴er was spotted shaking his head at the mistake which forced Perez to qualify 19th at Silverstone.

“Of course there’s frustration when both of your cars aren’t performing collectively,” Horner said in response to his 💦visible annoyance at Perez’s error.

“It was frustrating to lose Checo in Q1. He had missed P1 because of Isack Hadjar drivin♓g, he’d had a decent P2, we felt that he should have been around the top six.

“To lose th🌊at car inꦰ Q1 was very frustrating. That’s where we’re at.”

Horner has admitted that Red Bull’s decision to reward Perez’s early-season form with a new contract was a plo꧅y to remove pressure, and add confidence.

But it hasn’t worked. His series of recent mistakes have resulted in more questions about whet🌸her Red Bull will remo🦄ve him from their car.

Horner was as🥃ked if Red Bull had committed to him too 💯early with a new contract.

“Every driver is different,” he answered.

“Some🐼 drivers need an arm around the shoulder, some need a kick up the arse, and sometimes it varies from week-to-week.”

Perez started the British Grand P🍸rix from the pitlane and ultimately finished 17th, with only Zhou Guanyu behin🦹d him, after Red Bull’s gamble over his tyre strategy did not pay off.

But his latest troubling wee🐭kend allowed McLaren to close the gap to Red Bull to 78 points in the constructors’ championship.

“They have, they toไok seven points out of us,” Horner reacted.

“It’s something that we’re acutely aware of.

“To win a co♛nstructors’ champio🃏nship you need both cars scoring.”

Perez initially responded to early-season pressure by finishin🍷g P2, behind Verstappen, three times to deliver the 🏅ideal results to Red Bull.

At the same time, 🍎his mooted replacement Daniel Ricciardo ⛎was trapped in a run of poor form driving for the RB sister team.

But as the field has converged as the RB20’s dominance has waned, although Verstappen remains figh𒆙ting at the front, Perez’s woes have returned.

Questions have co🔯me back for Ricciardo about replacing Perez, while Red Bull junior driver Liam Lawson tested the RB20 for a promotional day (although Horner insists the timing is coincidental).