Christian Horner has admitted that Red Bull “can’t afford” to have a “big split” between Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez due to the strength of their F1 rivals’ driver line-ups.
Red Bull ‘can’t afford big split’ between F1 drivers as Christian Horner urges Sergio Perez to raise his gameWhile newly-crowned three-time world champion Verstappen dominated the Qatar Grand Prix to record his 14th win from 17 races this season, Perez finished 10th - over 80 seconds behind his teammate - after picking up three five-second time penalties.
Red Bull team principal Horner described Perez’s latest difficult weekend as “horrible”, with the Mexican leaving Qatar 208 points behind Verstappen.“The most important thing for us is winning both championships. We've done that.“You can see Mercedes have a pair, McLaren have a pair, Ferrari have a pair that are quite tight between the respective drivers.
“I think we've had that at the earlier point in the year. But as the season has gone on it's become more variant.And Horner conceded Perez, who is under contract for 2024, must raise his performance level with the likes of McLaren, Mercedes and Ferrari starting to bridge the gap.“Of course, last year and this year, he's contributed significantly to the constructors’ championship. We desperately want him to find that form and as a team; we need him to.
“We can't afford to have a big split because if, as you would expect, the grid continues to concertina next year, we need both drivers delivering at the top of the game.”
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