The fight to take Sergio Perez's Red Bull F1 seat
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Published 2024-07-24
Red Bull's points lead was slashed by McLaren at the Hungarian Grand Prix and its need to close out the constructors' championship in particular is why a drastic driver change is being so seriously considered for the rest of 2024.
Nothing is being decided before the August break so Perez does still have the Belgian GP to build on the shoots of recovery seen in Hungary, where he produced what Red Bull feels was his best race performance in three months to recover from 16th to seventh.
But the fact he needed to recover at all means his team bosses are still far from convinced he can be the reliable driver they need alongside Max Verstappen to win both championships this season. So who else is in contention?
00:00 Introduction
01:49 The safe pick
03:57 The wildcard
06:11 The 2025 outsider
08:02 Could Perez be kept on?
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All Comments (21)
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That “crash damage” comment made about Tsunoda is absolutely wild. He’s crashed once this year and didn’t crash out in the entirety of 2023. Ridiculous and outdated comments.
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RB constructors position can't afford to keep Perez, he's been too poor for too long - Lawson is too inexperienced for the RB seat and Riccardo hasn't shown the consistency for it at VCarb, I'd put Yuki in Perez's seat and put Lawson in the Vcarb for the rest of the season, then decide where to place them all next year at the end of the season
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I would love Yuki to get the spot with Red Bull and then Lawson going to RB to develop. Yuki has more than earned his spot in my view. He has matured so much
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The fact that perez get this much chance still suprise me.
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I dearly hope Tsunoda gets a shot at the Redbull seat after the summer break. Meanwhile Lawson and Ricciardo can have a shoot out in RB for the Redbull seat for next season.
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The obvious solution is to put Ricciardo in for the rest of the season to see if he’s still got it and if not then put one of the other two in for 2025 based on the Lawson vs Tsunoda results in the 2nd half of 2024.
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If they can't trust Tsunoda, then what the hell is Marko there for? Haven't they been "developing" him all these years? It's time to give Tsunoda his chance.
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why is Daniel in the coversertion when hes getting duncked on by yuki every race weekend lol
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Tsunoda not been considered for that seat is shameful.
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The fact that people think Ricciardo is making a comeback is wild.
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Yuki has that DAWG in him. Get him in a car next to the strap on, so they can both push each other to higher levels.
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I don’t understand how Perez is still in. They didn’t give Albon or Gasley anything close to that much patience.
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Rebull needs a driver that makes a good qualification and, in the race, is capable of keeping the place or going upwards. In those terms, Ricciardo is the best choice rather than Pérez, who is very expensive due to crashes.
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I get it that Yuuki has almost same temperament as Max but considering Daniel is a mistake… Yuuki has more ling term potential
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It’s funny how people talk about how they need a “consistent driver” yet the biggest issue with Daniel has been his consistency lol Daniel is not going to do much better than Checo, then might as well just stick with Checo until the end of the year and look to replace him then. It’s sad to see a team like Red Bull not being able to make objective and rational decisions.
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I cannot fucking wait for this whole 2nd RB seat drama to be done with.
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Yuki deserves it way more than Daniel & Liam.
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Unfortunately I think the sponsorship dollars that Perez brings is going to be the deciding factor.
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Hülkenberg would be perfect for that second seat with how good in qualifying he is and with Seidl leaving Audi he might be open for Red Bull buying out his contract.
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Sergio has qualified 3rd and finished 2nd in the last two seasons in Belgium, I don't see that happening this year.
