Red Bull closes in on Pérez and plans to leave Albon as reserve in 2021

“It seems there is nothing to lose. They could also see how it will be and if [Pérez] They can’t do the job they want, so they have Alex for backup. This seems to be the elegant solution that Red Bull chose ”, declared the journalist.

Minutes before the start of the Abu Dhabi GP this Sunday, Movistar + brought the information that the contract between “Checo and Red Bull is almost closed, but that some details are still missing.” The journalist Albert Fábrega stressed that “it would only be for 2021.”

Pérez’s pass gained another level with his performance throughout the 2020 Formula 1 season, especially in the second half of the championship, which culminated in the historic victory at the Sakhir GP, a race in which ‘Checo’ he was last in the first. returns, beaten by Charles Leclerc, to achieve his first triumph in Formula 1, crowning a career of ten years.

Before conquering Sakhir’s outer ring, Perez came to admit, repeatedly, the possibility of taking a sabbatical if he didn’t have a chance at a top team, Red Bull read. ‘Checo’ ruled out running for teams in the middle or back of the grid, like Haas and Williams, because he understood that, after the level he reached for Racing Point, it would not make sense to go down a step in Formula 1.

But after the victory in Bahrain, Pérez’s speech changed and, although he is not signed by Red Bull, he guaranteed that he will continue in the sport in 2022.

This Sunday, Pérez said goodbye to Racing Point in Abu Dhabi with a premature resignation after starting in last position. Meanwhile, Albon had one of his best performances at Red Bull, finishing fourth, just behind Lewis Hamilton. The Mexican closed the season in fourth place in the Drivers’ Championship with 125 points – and two races less than most of the grid – against Albon’s 105.

If his move to Red Bull is confirmed in 2021, Pérez will get his second chance at a Formula 1 team. The first time he came after a great season with Sauber, in 2012, hired to defend McLaren the following year in place of Lewis Hamilton, who moved to Mercedes.

However, Pérez’s move to the Woking team came at a time when the Guadalajara-born driver assumed, years later, that he was not fully mature to deal with the pressure of being in a team the size of McLaren.

Sergio made only one season for the British national team, took fifth place in the Indian GP as the best result and was discharged after only one season. Starting in 2014, he joined Force India, an organization that was acquired by Racing Point last year. In total, they were seven seasons defending the Silverstone team before the cycle that ended this Sunday.