MONTREAL : Red Bull team boss Christian Horner told Sergio Perez on Saturday to forget about fighting for the Formula One championship and focus on his driving.The Mexican is second in the standings but a mighty 53 points behind team mate and double world champion Max Verstappen after seven of 22 races.
MONTREAL : Red Bull team boss Christian Horner told Sergio Perez on Saturday to forget about fighting for the Formula One championship and focus on his driving.
"He needs to stop thinking about the championship and just drive," Horner told Sky Sports television after Perez was 17th in a wet final practice for the Canadian Grand Prix at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.While Red Bull are dominant and have won every race this season with Verstappen triumphing in five, Perez has failed to make the podium in his last two - no points in Monaco and fourth in Spain.
"He had a great start to the season, he's had a couple of rougher races and I think he just needs to find that mojo again," said Horner."If he just frees his shoulders up a bit it will just come to him more naturally."
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