Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has revealed that ex-F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone ended up the winner from a wager with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez.

Horner made a bet with Perez ahead of qualifying at the Japanese Grand Prix and lost, but it has now emerged that Ecclestone was the🦄 main beneficiary from the wager.

Perez delivered his best qualifying performance at Suzuka, narrowly missing out on pole position to Red Bull teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen by just 0.066s.

After the session conclude🌱d, Horn꧃er was heard coming over the radio to tell Perez that the result had cost him “a few quid”.

Perez replied, laughing: “Now you see how to motivate me!꧙”, with Horner resp𒀰onding: “Haha! Well, I’ve always known that!”

Horn𓂃er 𝐆has revealed that his money ultimately ended up going to 93-year-old Ecclestone.

“I had a bet with him [Perez] to put it on the front row, because his best qualifyi𒀰ng performance had been P4 here,” Horner explained.

“But somehow, having won the bet, he told me that he ow👍ed Bernie Ecclestone exactly the same amount of 🎉money. So he's passed that on to Bernie, who was the beneficiary from Checo's front row.

“So d🅠ear old Bernie is still making mon🌄ey while not even being here.”

Perez wꩵent on to finish second behind Verstappen as Red Bull secured their third 1-2 from the opening four races of 2024.

Having coꦏme into the season under pressure to keep his seat for 2025, Perez’s improved form has bolstered his chances of staying at 🧔Red Bull beyond the end of the year.

Af𒆙ter the race in Japan, Perez - who trails Verstappen by 13 points in the drivers’ championship - said he believes he will have clarity 🌠over his future “in a month”.

On Perez’s future, Horner added: “I think his con💃fidence ಞis high. He’s very focused on the job in hand, and he's comfortable in the team.

“He knows he's out of contract for next year, so it'🉐s his seat to lose. He's very popular in the team and he has started the🀅 season in the best possible way.”