The future of Red Bull is about to be definitively unlocked: the latest updates
If it’s not a real twist what could happen at home Red Bull then we don’t have much left. It all comes from a strong and important request from the former Formula 1 team leader, Otmar Szafnauer. According to what was reported by some sources and sports media, it seems that the latter has decided to urge Christian Horner to get a driver to sign a new contract. To who? TO Sergio Perez. It’s no mystery at all that Mexican is in expiration.
At the end of this sporting season his agreement will expire and he will be free to make agreements with new teams. There are plenty of candidates to take his place. Also because their dream is to be team mates of the world champion, Max Verstappen. Szafnauer knows Perez very well as he worked together for eight seasons (precisely from 2014 until 2020). He himself let Horner know that he will have no better choice than to have him sign the contract renewal.
Red Bull, announcement on Perez: the future around Verstappen revealed
These were some of his statements that he made during an interview also with “RacingNews365“: “Last week I was in Abu Dhabi for a Formula 1 event. David was on stage with me Coulthard. He had asked me the question of who I would replace ‘Checo’ (nickname Perez, ed.) well. I told him that knowing him well I would have replaced him with Perez.” Then he remembered Verstappen’s first ever victory in 2021.
He won the championship also thanks tohelp from Perez himself. So much so that in his country he was given another nickname: “Ministry of Defense“. For Szafnauer there is no doubt: one of Perez’s strengths is undoubtedly his technique and also that of being an excellent qualifier. In short, for Max Verstappen the future (barring sensational last-minute twists) will continue to be in Red Bull.
Who, however, will be his teammate? Szafnauer is pushing for Sergio Perez’s reconfirmation. Even if, in recent days, there have been rumors of a possible “disruption” to the Ferrari. We are talking about Carlos Sainz Jr who, at the end of the season, will give way to Lewis Hamilton. A decision that the Spaniard did not digest at all and that he will not forget so easily.
