Racing Point owner Lawrence Stroll hopes Sergio Perez lands a seat with Red Bull for the 2021 Formula 1 season following his departur♛e from the Silverstone outfit. 

Perez has been dropped by Racing Point just a season into a newly-signed three-year deal in favour of a move for four-tওime wཧorld champion Sebastian Vettel, who will arrive from Ferrari to partner Lance Stroll as the team rebrands to Aston Martin next year. 

Despite a mightily impressive 2020 - which sees Perez occupy fourth place in the championship heading into the final round in Abu D🥀habi - the Mexican does not have a drive secured for next season, with Red Bull his last-remaining option for a race seat as it weighs up whether to retain Alex Albon alongside Max Verstappen. 

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Following his shock maiden victory in Bahrain, Stroll believes that Perez “deserves” to secure a front-running dri🍌ve with Red B𒀰ull for 2021. 

“Checo has been a fantastic asset,” Strဣoll told Sky. “He’s been an asset for this team a long tဣime before I’ve arrived.

“I think he most definitely proves every weekend he deserves to b🎃e in the car next year and I hope he’s in that Re🍌d Bull next year.”

And Stroll is hopeful of replicating more performances like Racing Point’s 1-3 f🅘inish in Bahrain in the fut♛ure under its new Aston Martin guise.

“What people forget is it already was a great team w꧟e purchased,” Stroll explained.&n🎃bsp;

“They were 400 guys, half the amount of staff of 👍most of our competition, less than half of the budget, and they managed to finish a couple of years fourth in a row. So it shou✱ldn’t come as a huge surprise that they’re able to accomplish this today.

“I brought some funding that the team desperately needed to be more competitive and I brought some leadership skills🉐 with me that helped the team be more competitive. Today and, hopefully, many more days like today in the future, is the result.”