Perez said at the time that “shows who he really is” but later backtracked on that with Red Bull insisting all was well between the team-mates and that they’d continue to work with the team in mind. Don’t ask that again to me, okay? Are we clear about that? I gave my reasons and I stand by it.” In fact the Dutchman blatantly refused to help his team-mate at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix and told Red Bull: “I told you already last summer, guys. But as the season progressed Perez needed Verstappen’s, and it wasn’t given. Verstappen, having won the World title, was full of praise for his team-mate.Ĭontinuing into 2022 Verstappen didn’t need Perez’s support, the 25-year-old easily romping to a second World Championship. He also spent a portion of his Sunday at that year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix holding up Lewis Hamilton in order to give Verstappen the opportunity to close the gap.
Teaming up with Max Verstappen in 2021, Perez showed himself to be, as Toto Wolff puts it, a “sensational wingman” as the Mexican driver readily moved over for his Dutch team-mate when told to do so. Sergio Perez has put Red Bull and Max Verstappen on notice, saying if he doesn’t get “support” this season then he “won’t give it either”.
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