SM
Bayern vs. Augsburg: 12 hrs 43 mins
Upcoming predictions and previews
Collect News Data

2025 contract still possible for Perez - Marko

:Headline: 2025 contract still possible for Perez - Marko:
It is still possible that Sergio Perez will be offered a new contract to keep racing at Red Bull beyond 2024.
Sports Mole

It is still possible that Sergio Perez will be offered a new contract to keep racing at Red Bull beyond 2024.

That is the word from the team's influential and notoriously merciless top Austrian consultant Dr Helmut Marko, even though Perez seems to still be struggling alongside Max Verstappen in 2024.

Auto Motor und Sport believes the Mexican's gap to world champion Verstappen at the Bahrain test was as much as seven tenths per lap.

"Perez has to get Max out of his head and run his own program," Marko insisted.

There are rumours Red Bull might even make the tough call to oust Perez, 34, within the 2024 season - opening up promotions for Daniel Ricciardo at Red Bull and Liam Lawson at 'RB'.

Marko, 80, told Servus TV: "Perez still has a contract for 2024. It's up to him now.

"If he drives in a similar form to the way he competed the last few races (of 2023), we can easily start talking about an extension."

What is clear, according to Red Bull's rivals, is that no driver - not even Perez in the sister car - will be able to chase down Verstappen this year.

"19 drivers already know that they will not be world champion this year," Fernando Alonso declared last Friday.

That is despite the fact that Ferrari's Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc actually topped the timesheets on Thursday and Friday respectively last week.

"It is going smoothly - the right direction," Sainz told the Spanish newspaper AS. "Is it enough to beat Max? No, I don't think so, honestly.

"I would like us to consolidate as the second team, a bit like we finished last year. And from there, develop this car that hopefully has more development window than last year and get closer to Red Bull little by little during the year.

"But the reality is that, today, Red Bull is one step ahead, taking into account that they started developing their car a long time before we did."

Triple consecutive world champion Verstappen admitted after the final day of pre-season testing last Friday: "We decided not to focus on the laptime."
body check tags ::

amp_article__537579 : Collect and Make Data not in DataBase  : 
last updated article - 2024-02-27 01:02:57:
html db last update - 2024-02-27 01:02:57 :

ex - 7200 : read : write cache and make html

Click here for more stories about Sergio Perez

Click here for more stories about Red Bull

Share this article now:
CS
Read Next:
Sainz not surprised at Red Bull's early 2024 pace
>


Sports Mole provides in-depth previews and predictions for every match from the biggest leagues and competitions in world football.
AL
Sign up for our FREE daily preview newsletter direct to your inbox!
Read more about Sergio Perez Helmut Marko Max Verstappen Carlos Sainz Fernando Alonso Daniel Ricciardo Charles Leclerc Liam Lawson Formula 1
Follow @SportsMole for the latest breaking news stories, and follow @sm_headlines to get every headline from Sports Mole
Recommended Next on SM
Sainz not surprised at Red Bull's early 2024 pace
Two more years! Man City confirm Pep Guardiola contract extension
Reunion at Man United: Amorim 'has spoken' to Sporting star over 2025 transfer
Colapinto set for major announcement in Vegas

Page options

Premier League Table
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Liverpool119112161528
2Manchester CityMan City117222213923
3Chelsea115422113819
4Arsenal115421812619
5Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest115421510519
6Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton115421915419
7Fulham115331613318
8Newcastle UnitedNewcastle115331311218
9Aston Villa115331717018
10Tottenham HotspurSpurs1151523131016
11Brentford115152222016
12Bournemouth114341515015
13Manchester UnitedMan Utd114341212015
14West Ham UnitedWest Ham113351319-612
15Leicester CityLeicester112451421-710
16Everton112451017-710
17Ipswich TownIpswich111551222-108
18Crystal Palace11146815-77
19Wolverhampton WanderersWolves111371627-116
20Southampton11119721-144
Scroll for more - Tap for full version


Sports Mole provides in-depth previews and predictions for every match from the biggest leagues and competitions in world football.
AL
Sign up for our FREE daily preview newsletter direct to your inbox!

Loading ...

Failed to load data.

history www

Preview: Celta Vigo vs. Barcelona - prediction, team news, lineups

1

PC

Arsenal star 'facing race against time' to be fit for Forest clash

2

AS

Maresca to extend olive branch to struggling Chelsea attacker?

3

MT

Preview: Aston Villa vs. Crystal Palace - prediction, team news, lineups

4

PA

Preview: Las Palmas vs. Mallorca - prediction, team news, lineups

5

PL

Preview: Hearts vs. Celtic - prediction, team news, lineups

6

PH

Preview: Millwall vs. Sunderland - prediction, team news, lineups

7

PM

Preview: Arsenal vs. Nott'm Forest - prediction, team news, lineups

8

PA

Preview: Leicester vs. Chelsea - prediction, team news, lineups

9

PL

Preview: Man City vs. Spurs - prediction, team news, lineups

10

PM


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .