Not exactly the vote of confidence that Sergio Perez would have been hoping for. F1
Helmut Marko does ‘not see’ Sergio Perez challenging Max Verstappen for the 2023 titleSergio Perez’s 2023 title challenge is already over, at least according to Helmut Marko who can’t see the Mexican driver challenging Max Verstappen over an entire season.
Verstappen clinched his second World title in 2022, the Red Bull driver unstoppable as he wrapped up the title with his 12th win of the season in Japan before going onto set a new single season record with 15 wins in total. Although Perez had a strong start to the season, sitting just 15 points behind his team-mate after claiming his first victory in Monaco, his challenge soon faded with the driver saying several times that Red Bull’s upgrades for the RB18 favoured Verstappen.
With 2022’s chapter closed, Perez is looking ahead to next season with the 32-year-old dreaming of becoming Red Bull’s next World Champion.. “But at the moment I do not see that he can challenge Max for a whole season.Next season Perez will have added pressure on his shoulders after Red Bull signed their former race winner Daniel Ricciardo as their third driver.
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