Out for Pérez at Red Bull

Out for Pérez at Red Bull

Überraschend kommt die Trennung nicht mehr, auch wenn Pérez über Monate betont hatte, er werde seinem Vertrag entsprechend auch 2025 für Red Bull fahren. „Es ist mir eine Ehre, in all diesen Jahren neben Max als Teamkollege gefahren zu sein und zu unserem Erfolg beigetragen zu haben“, schrieb der Mexikaner.

Liam Lawson soll nachfolgen

Neuer Teamkollege von Serien-Weltmeister Max Verstappen soll der Neuseeländer Liam Lawson werden. Der 22-Jährige würde wie einst Verstappen selbst und auch der ehemalige Erfolgspilot Sebastian Vettel von Red Bulls Zweitteam, das derzeit unter dem Namen Racing Bulls antritt, aufsteigen.

Looking forward: Liam LawsonReuters

Lawson replaced Australian Daniel Ricciardo (35) at the Racing Bulls last season. The 20-year-old Frenchman Isack Hadjar could drive there instead of Lawson next year and celebrate his Formula 1 racing debut. He finished second overall in Formula 2 this year.

After a strong start, Pérez experienced a miserable second half of the season. The 2023 World Cup runner-up only came in eighth place. He scored 152 points, world champion Verstappen 437. Pérez’s weakness cost Red Bull its title defense in the constructors’ championship. There the racing team had to admit defeat to McLaren and Ferrari in third place.

Pérez’s Formula 1 career began in 2011 at Sauber. After two years he moved to McLaren, but only stayed there for one season. From 2014, Pérez started for Force India. The team later became Racing Point. At the end of 2020, the driver from Guadalajara left the racing team for Red Bull.

The hope of 300 Grand Prix in the premier motorsport class may now be gone for Pérez. After 282 Grand Prix and his exit in the second round at this year’s season finale, it’s over.

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