The risks for 2025
There Red Bull it was the last team to present the car with which it will be called upon to defend the Drivers' and Constructors' title obtained last year with Max Verstappen in a record season for both the team and the Dutchman. The house from Milton Keynes also celebrated 2nd place in the standings with Sergio Perez, which is equivalent to the best placing of the Mexican's career. However, the 2023 of 'Checo' he at the same time proved to be complex for #11, to the point that his performances took a serious toll his future at Red Bull is in doubtwith which he has a contract valid until the end of 2024.
The priorities
As a result, the upcoming championship will be crucial for Perez to obtain a renewal with the Anglo-Austrian team, dismissing all rumors about his possible replacements from 2025: “It's important for myself to see from where we start, how we are doing and how we will improve – he declared in an interview reported by the official F1 website after the presentation of the RB20- I want this to develop over the course of the season. From my point of view, this is the main priority this year“.
Greater self-confidence
In 2023 the 34-year-old managed to secure two victories in Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan, only to then encounter a long period of crisis in the internal struggle with his teammate Max Verstappen. Despite having obtained six other podiums, Perez encountered difficulties especially in qualifying, with the Red Bull Advisor, Helmut Marko, who did not hide his disappointment with his performances: “I tried to best understand the directions that the team took with this car and where we arrived with the car – added Checo – It's something we've worked very hard on to understand what direction we've gone in. We started the year very strong, but we didn't improve throughout the year. This is something to keep in mind to take the right steps in the right direction. There were times when I lacked confidence. It's important to develop it over the course of the seasontrying to improve every weekend.”
Don't consider the rumors
A statement, together with that of many others released on the occasion of the launch of the RB20, which demonstrates the Mexican's intention to redeem himself from an almost completely unsatisfactory 2023, rejecting any type of concern about the end of his experience in Red Bull or on the pressure generated by the names of those who could replace him from next year.
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