Lhe two most important news so far this week in Formula 1 are the announcement that Esteban Ocon will not be part of Alpine in 2025 and the renewal for two more seasons of Czech Perez. Al final, Red Bull has given in to the Mexican’s desire to extend his contract beyond one season and the ’11’ will continue in a team in which he has achieved five of his six wins in the Great Circus.
Logically, Checo is happy to continue in the elite of motorsports… and on top of that in a team top. But he is not the only one happy with this agreement. The directors of the contest are also because the Aztec is a brutal claim for the races held on the American continent… not to mention the issue of sponsors.
A successful duo
And, of course, another who is pleased with this good news is Max Verstappen. To begin with, it is worth noting that the Dutchman has won his three world titles with Pérez as his partner. The 34-year-old competitor landed in 2021 and since then the star from the Netherlands has taken F1 by storm.
“It is great news that Checo Pérez has signed with the team until 2026, I am glad that we can continue the successful cooperation of recent years. Last season we had a record-breaking campaign, and the team is very strong, so we hope to take advantage of this success in the next two years as well,” Max emphasized about the expansion of the Mexican’s link with the Milton Keynes firm.
The injured…
What is evident is that this news is a bucket of cold water for Daniel Ricciardo, who harbored hopes of taking over the Checo site. But the one from Perth was not the only candidate for the position. There they were Yuki Tsunoda, Carlos Sainz and even Alex Albon in the hope that a gap would open up in the team that currently dominates F1.
Be that as it may, in the end logic has prevailed. Recently, she explained it with enormous eloquence Martin Brundle. “I think that commercially it is very useful for Red Bull to have Checo Pérez in the car. He has a lot of experience, he is not one of those who frequently crashes into the protections. And it doesn’t really bother Max. It’s fast enough to keep Max on his toes, but not enough to annoy him.. “He is the perfect pilot in that seat at this moment,” said the former pilot and now analyst in Sky Sports.
