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Horner: Perez’s lack of 2024 F1 factors “very costly” for Purple Bull
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Horner: Perez’s lack of 2024 F1 factors “very costly” for Purple Bull

By Miles Cooper December 8, 2024
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Christian Horner has stated Sergio Perez’s lack of factors within the 2024 Formulation 1 season has been “very costly” for Purple Bull, as his possible last race with the workforce approaches.

Regardless of Perez having a contract masking the 2025 and 2026 F1 campaigns, Purple Bull is assumed to have already determined to interchange him for subsequent yr – though the style of his exit remains to be unclear given his contractual state of affairs.

Perez is at the moment eighth within the drivers’ standings, 277 factors behind his world champion team-mate Max Verstappen, which works out as a 65% distinction.

That is 133 factors fewer than Perez collected in ending runner-up to Verstappen in 2023, with solely the 2024 season finale in Abu Dhabi on Sunday remaining.

In addition to the large hole between the Purple Bull pair, enhancements from rival groups McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes means the Austrian squad has misplaced its constructors’ crown after again to again championships. Both McLaren or Ferrari will declare the title at Yas Marina Circuit. 

“He’s been a fantastic workforce participant,” Horner completely instructed Motorsport.com in Abu Dhabi. “He’s contributed rather a lot to the workforce in his time up to now. He stays below contract to the workforce.

“No one is extra disillusioned along with his season this yr than Checo. And clearly following the season, we’ll take the time to replicate on that.

Horner: Perez’s lack of 2024 F1 factors “very costly” for Purple Bull

Christian Horner, Group Principal, Purple Bull Racing, talks with Helmut Marko, Guide, Purple Bull Racing, Sergio Perez, Purple Bull Racing

Picture by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Photos

“We’ve achieved every thing that we will to try to assist him through the season. Every kind of [things] – chassis adjustments, set-up, working with him in many various areas. However this season shouldn’t be handled in isolation.

“Over the time period that he’s been with the workforce he’s completed second on the planet championship final yr, he’s received 5 grands prix for us, he’s contributed to the 2021 championship [for Verstappen] and clearly contributed to 2 constructors’ championships.

“No one can be extra disillusioned in his marketing campaign this yr than himself. In fact, Checo, along with his expertise – there’s all the time suggestions that’s useful to the workforce.

“He’s struggled to adapt to the automobile and the dearth of factors from the automobile has been very costly for us.”

Horner additionally reiterated that the choice to grant Perez a brand new contract, which was introduced again in early June, was as a result of it “was a time that we needed to have stability”.

“Checo was performing, he was delivering,” he added. “There was a juncture in his contract that triggered the dialogue.

“The contract’s all the time going to be personal and confidential between the driving force and the workforce, however the purpose we selected to train it at the moment was to have stability after he’d been on the rostrum in 4 out of 5 races within the early a part of the yr.”

Horner denied solutions the contract determination was a part of a plan to make sure stability ought to Verstappen attempt to pressure his means out of Purple Bull – at a time the place it was beginning to battle with its RB20 and the Dutchman was being considerably courted by Mercedes.

“No, [it was] as a result of clearly there was numerous noise and it regarded like there was going to be a championship battle [with McLaren],” Horner stated. “And also you don’t need the distraction of the driving force merry-go-round.”

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