Red Bull’s embattled Sergio Perez: ‘You will see me’ in F1 next year

Formula One F1 – Sao Paulo Grand Prix – Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, Sao Paulo, Brazil – November 1, 2024 Red Bull’s Sergio Perez before sprint qualifying POOL VIA REUTERS/Sebastiao Moreira

Red Bull boss Christian Horner hinted that Sergio Perez’s future with the team may be in doubt, but the Mexican driver remains confident that he’ll be racing next year.

After Perez’s last-place finish at Sunday’s Mexico City Grand Prix, Horner told reporters, “As a team, we need to have both cars scoring points and that’s the nature of F1. I think we’ve done everything that we can to support Checo, and we’ll continue to do so in Brazil next weekend, but there comes a point in time that you can only do so much.”

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When asked about Horner’s remarks, Perez appeared to brush them off. “It’s just rumors, at the end of the day,” he said, per Formula1.com. “You will see me in Vegas, you will see me next year. I’m not the one that worries about it.”

Perez, 34, was asked about further comments from team advisor Helmut Marko that cast doubt on the veteran driver’s future with the Red Bull team.

“Well, I know I am (going to be here). That’s all I can say,” Perez said, per F1i.com.

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Perez was looking forward to this weekend’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix and getting past his disastrous home showing in Mexico City.

“What happened, it’s in the past. We move on, and we take those first 10 laps as a hope,” he said. “We understood what happened in qualifying, we saw issues, we tried to fix it for Sunday, and I think we went in the right direction so that’s definitely promising.”

–Field Level Media