Perez will stay with Red Bull, confirms Christian Horner
Despite a very tough season for Sergio Perez, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has confirmed that the Mexican driver will stay with the team in the upcoming season.
Although Sergio Perez displayed encouraging pace in the early part of the current season, clinching three podium finishes in the first four rounds, he has failed to challenge for top positions since then.
The six-time F1 race winner secured a new contract with Red Bull earlier of the season, but it has emerged that he might lose his seat due to his disastrous run of races. Perez had hoped to step up his game at the Mexico City Grand Prix in front of his passionate home crowd, but he struggled for brake balance all through the weekend which denied him of a strong result.
Despite the current situation, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has confirmed that Perez will see out his contract and will stay with the Austro-British outfit next year.
"Well, as I mentioned earlier, Checo has a contract for next year, so he's currently our driver for 2025. Obviously, there is a seat available at VCARB, and they're all Red Bull racing drivers that are on loan.
"So, you know, we have the benefit of time to sit down with Laurent and Peter and look at all the options," noted Horner.
Asked about Red Bull's current top two junior drivers, Arvid Lindblad and Isack Hadjar, Horner insisted that while the Milton Keynes-based squad is "excited' about their young drivers, they still need to show how talented they really are.
"Well, firstly, both the juniors are very impressive, Isack Hadjar and Arvid Lindblad. Isack competing, as you say, for that Formula 2 championship and showing great promise this year.
"And when you see the quality of the F2 guys jumping in and delivering the way they are, I think it shows the level and the standard that's currently in the junior category. You know, Arvid is definitely a talent for the future. I think that he's got the right attitude. He's got the right approach and determination.
"And certainly what we've seen in some of his racing, Silverstone in particular this year, you know, he's a very talented driver. So only time will tell how good he is and how far he can go. But certainly he and Isack are both talents that we're quite excited about."
