For Christian Horner, the performance he achieved on Saturday Sergio “Checo” Pérez finishing second in the Bahrain Grand Prixfirst of the 2024 Formula 1 season, met the expectations surrounding the Mexican driver in this campaign.
The one from Guadalajara crossed the finish line behind his teammate, Max Verstappen, after completing a great race in which he achieved a good comeback taking into account that he started the test in fifth place on the grid at the Bahrain International Circuit.
That is why the director of the Red Bull team did not hide his satisfaction with what “Checo” Pérez achieved, who is in the last year of his current contract with the Austrian team and hopes to achieve a renewal for 2025.
“He has to continue performing like he did today (Saturday)”commented Christian Horner in an interview with Sky Sports F1 in relation to the performance of the Mexican who finished Saturday’s test just over 20 seconds behind the current Formula 1 champion.
Let us remember that Horner himself has been clear about the options of Sergio “Checo” Pérez to renew his contract with Red Bull after this season that has just begun. The British has repeated on several occasions that It will depend absolutely on what the Mexican does in 2024.
“He started in fifth position, advanced in the pack, made a couple of good overtakes and had a great race. “A 1-2 is the best result that can be achieved and it is not that easy”Horner highlighted the performance of the current F1 runner-up.
Jos Verstappen threw hard against Christian Horner
Beyond the spectacular start to the season that Red Bull had on Saturday with first place for Max Verstappen and second for Sergio “Checo” Pérez, within the Austrian team the waters are far from being calm.
The father of the F1 champion, Jos Verstappen, made strong statements against the team director of the energy drink he recently received the acquittal of the accusation against him for alleged inappropriate behavior with an employee.
“There is tension here as long as he (Horner) remains in his position. The team is at risk of disintegrating. It can’t go on like this. It will explode. “He plays the victim when he is the one causing the problems.”said the former Dutch F1 driver in an interview with the British newspaper Daily Mail.
In this way, it was clearly demonstrated that within Red Bull there is currently a power war that will surely bring a lot of trouble throughout the 2024 F1 season, which will have its second chapter next Sunday in Saudi Arabia.
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