The consequences of Red Bull's Sergio Perez gamble

Sergio Perez WILL still be racing for Red Bull after the F1 summer break - a call that could decide who wins this year's world championship.

Red Bull team bosses Christian Horner and Helmut Marko met on Monday after the Belgian Grand Prix to discuss Perez's fate, as his woeful form is on course to cost Red Bull the constructors' title.

After those talks, Horner told the team at its Milton Keynes base that Perez remains a Red Bull Racing driver and - and we're quoting Horner here - "we look forward to seeing him perform at tracks he has previously excelled at after the summer break".

That's been widely reported as Perez keeping his Red Bull seat, but we need to add a quiet "for now" to the end of it.

00:00 Introduction
02:23 A huge risk
05:18 What now for Ricciardo?
07:27 Red Bull on the back foot
09:19 Two titles on the line

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[watermelondestroyor]

Perez going from p2 to p8 in the race is the most Perez thing ever 💀

[arg_]

Sergio doing god’s work helping the other teams beat Redbull this year.

[MoanTheCelts]

It’s Red Bull. They used to be ruthless. Either Max demands he stays or his sponsors bring in soo much money that not finishing first in the constructors is now that much of a loss.

[Carlos-lnfd]

I want someone to love me the way Red Bull loves Sergio Perez and forgives all his faults

[watermelondestroyor]

this is clearly due to marketing reasons Perez is huge in Latin America.

[Nic_]

What gets me is how quick they were to pull the trigger on Gasly and Albon when the stakes didn't matter, and now that it does, they won't do it.

[TheMasterPriam]

Can we appreciate how good Battery Voltas was? He hit every Q3 with Mercedes, and scored 10 wins at Mercedes.

[Strangegloves]

I am surprised....considering how ruthless rb have been to max's other teammates....

[Windrunner]

the F bomb in a The Race video was like a jump scare

[dukirps]

Just to spice things up, Helmut said "Oscar is a bigger threat than Lando"

[doxydoxdelamanca]

If this were 2019 or 2020, a period of time when RBR was not fighting for anything but points, they'd have fired Checo. This year they're fighting for, not their life, but both championships and somehow, they've decided to keep Checo? Bizarre.

[chuza_]

I love these videos trying to explain RB's decision without bringing up money.
The only reason why Perez' seat is in danger is because his sh*ttiness is so big that the prize money lost from the constructor's championship might out-weigh the money he brings from merchandize and sponsors.

[therealturbofanisme]

Jesus christ how long are we going to have this same conversation

[sharlesleglerc]

Congratulations to Mclaren for the 2024 Constructor Championship.
Their first since 1998.

[cookerobturnerxG]

Gasly and Albon wondering what’s changed since they got ditched

[thokoZ]

Dude I’m a redbull fan, since vettel, and this breaks my heart man. It’s like redbull isn’t thinking of the future. If max gets sick, retires or something, that’s the person who’s leading this team for those races or the future.
McLaren have lando-piastri, Mercedes might have George-kimi, Ferrari have Charles-Lewis, bloody hell williams have sainz-albon. Two great drivers and atleast one of them future championship prospects.
I love max but I’m gonna still be a redbull fan after he leaves. Same way I was when vettel left, ricciardo left; so I’m sad that all we’ll be left with is Perez. Bring someone up for the future, you don’t like yuki, okay, but bring up Liam too so he’s ready for when he needs to take the step. Who’re redbull gonna pass the mantle to once max retires or leaves.

[ncode]

This is Horner making the decisions now, not Marko.

[markoarkaina]

Perez must have serious dirt on Horner's...hobbies.

[xperience-evolution]

Dude Perez either goes backwards in the Race when the Qualifying is decent or he starts so far in the back that he can overtake some of the bad Teams.
Give that seat someone else

[jack-pot]

"A show of faith could be just what perez needs"... lost count of how many times we have heard this over the least 2 years lol