Red Bullhave right now to pilot number 1 and number 2 of the World Cup. Yes, the leaders. Rivals to beat. And he also has a champion car. However, the difference betweenmax verstappen and Sergio Perez is 69 points, the second highest in the entire championship after that of Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll.
Not only that, but the Mexican is every looser time, in some weekends that have been anything but brilliant for him. In addition, in classification his numbers are not particularly brilliant either.
This has caused the brand of energy drinks to begin to rethink things. Yes, Verstappen is untouchable of course, but Perez…
They try to cover him up. Protect him. Give him love. But that’s just what they do with one hand. With the other they move the pieces to find someone to take their seat in F1.
They are going to “evaluate” Ricciardo
He might as well be home by now. And no, not on the AlphaTauri team. It could be, directly, in the Red Bull team. Because the substitute for energy drinks He is someone with not a little experience in F1. Experience that could well be useful to both him and the brand.
Is about Daniel Ricardo, who was already Max Verstappen’s partner in his day when the Dutchman took his first steps with the Austrians.
Now, Helmut Marko has confirmed that they are going to evaluate him. That they are going to evaluate very, very soon your performance.
“He will get into the car in the tire tests, after the British GP” it states.
And then he makes it clear: “We are going to evaluate him. There we will know where he is exactly.”
Who knows what sensations Ricciardo leaves, but if Sergio Pérez does not show what he is capable of doing in the races that remain until those tests, especially at ‘home’, at the Red Bull Ring, who knows if the Aztec can be against your senior year, or before his last momentsas a Red Bull driver.