The renewal of Sergio “Checo” Pérez with Red Bull for next season is a pending issue in the Austrian team that has revealed on several occasions that they are in no hurry to define who will be the partner of the three-time Formula 1 champion, Max Verstappen, starting in 2025.
There have been many rumors and names of possible candidates to take the place of the Mexican who has in his hands continuity with the energy drink team that will take the driver’s performance this season as collateral for an eventual renewal.
However, recently Red Bull advisor, Helmut Marko, revealed the name of the person who has the best chance of fighting “Checo” Pérez for the position in the Austrian team. It is none other than the Japanese Yuki Tsunoda, currently in the Racing Bulls team, sister of Red Bull.
“It’s really blossomed, but it’s April and we still have a lot of races to go.“Marko commented, referring to the performance of the Asian who has just achieved tenth place in the last Japanese Grand Prix, achieving a great performance that allowed him to score his first points of the season.
And according to Helmut Marko himself, the Japanese would be winning the fight against his teammate in Racing Bulls, the Australian Daniel Riccardo, who at the time was also mentioned as a possible replacement for the Mexican in Red Bull, where he already I had had one happen years ago.
Yuki Tsunoda would be responding better to the responsibility of being on the Austrians’ sister team and additionally his youth (23 years) would play another factor in his favor compared to the Australian and the Mexican, both 34 years old.
“Then we will see the situation of the pilots when the summer holidays arrive. We want to watch him (Tsunoda) closely and make the right decision. That, without a doubt, will take until summer”explained the former Formula 1 driver who works as an advisor to Red Bull.
The director of the Austrian team, Christian Horner, operates in the same timeline, and although he has repeated on many occasions that “Checo” Pérez has in his hands the possibility of renewing with the team depending on what he does this season. , also recognizes that there is no rush.
The 2024 Formula 1 season will continue this weekend with the fifth round of the calendar with the Chinese Grand Prix that will be held in Shanghai and where “Checo” Pérez and Más Verstappen will seek to continue expanding their dominance over the RB20.
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