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Red Bull has officially confirmed that Mexican Sergio Pérez will continue in the Formula 1 World Championship next year, where he will be joined by a teammate of Max Verstappen.
The Red Bull team delayed the decision to announce the roster of its drivers, or rather the identity of Verstappen’s teammate who has a long-term contract with the team that ended the 2020 season as the closest competitor to Mercedes in the world. second place in the classification of the World Constructors’ Championship.
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While Alexander Albon was teammates with Max Verstappen in the 2020 season, and also in the second half of the previous season, Albon suffered from his inability to keep up with Verstappen and his inability to get close to his teammate, either in qualifying classes or races.
As a result, the Red Bull team sought to recruit a driver outside of the Junior Driver Development Academy, with an assessment of whether Sergio Pérez or Nico Hulkenberg could be included.
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In the end, however, the team decided to go ahead and sign Sergio Pérez, a Mexican who was already one of the main stars of the 2020 season, with his participation in the ranks of Racing Point.
Pérez achieved many solid results in the 2020 season, which finished him fourth in the World Drivers’ Championship standings behind the duo Mercedes and Verstappen, despite his absence from participating in two rounds due to his infection with the Corona virus.
Pérez also starred in the Sakhir Grand Prix, when he won the race despite being last on the first lap, and that was his first victory in Formula 1.
There were many points of view that emphasized the importance of Peres’ continued presence in Formula 1 Next year, what will happen now after Red Bull’s decision, which means that the Mexican’s career in the queen’s motorsports category will not end.
