Sergio Pérez put up with Max Verstappen in Baku. He managed to keep me from entering the zone of drs, thus preventing him from attacking. It is their second victory at the start of the season and the world championship is very close… between the two riders from Red Bull. Everything indicates that both will dispute the title.
In the team they know it and they have already started to manage it. for now “They are free” to fight. That’s how he pointed it out Christian Hornerhead of the energy drink team.
“They both want to win and that’s why they work for the team. I think it all depends on what they do on the track. In Baku they were free to run and, all year so far, they have been free,” Horner explained.
And he details when this situation could change: “They are free until the interests of the team are greater than the interests of a pilot. But, right now, they are free to compete.”
He assures that Red Bull’s objective at the moment is to create a “cushion” with the rest of the drivers to reach the end feeling comfortable: “Reliability will be a key factor and what we are most focused on at the moment is creating a cushion with the two pilots…”.
“There are a lot of races and a great variety of circuits, so it can go back and forth between the two. There are six points between them after four races, so yes, the two drivers are competitive,” said Horner, who has reminded the limit of use of the wind tunnel: “We have reduced development capacity this yearso that’s where our focus is: trying to build a hole.”
At the moment that gap is widening. Verstappen leads by 33 points to Fernando Alonso, ranked third. The Aston Martin was fourth behind the Ferrari of charles leclerc.
