Red Bull driver Sergio Perez has claimed to have rejected “two opportunities” from other F1 teams for the 2025 season.
What will Sergio Pérez do in 2025? will he still be at Red Bull? Will he still drive in Formula 1? For the moment one thing is certain, he has an agreement with Red Bull for the 2025 season. However, his recent results would like the team to push him towards the exit. During the last 15 Grands Prix, Sergio Pérez has only scored 48 small points, while Max Verstappen, his neighbor in the garage, is heading towards a new world title.
“I had the opportunity, two occasions, to change teams ”, Perez told GQ magazine, without giving the name of the teams that approached him. “When I thought about it, I said to myself that I really liked the challenge I had at Red Bull. It's a huge challenge to be Max's teammate. It's a challenge that prepares you for anything. So I told myself that I wanted to spend the last part of my career at the top, at the highest level, where the pressure is the greatest.”
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F1 is a brutal sport according to Pérez
Indeed, the pressure is strong at Red Bull, but it is concentrated on the shoulders of Sergio Pérez who must score more points. Indeed, the Mexican driver's recent poor performances have caused Red Bull to fall to third place in the Constructors' World Championship, overtaken by McLaren and Ferrari. Rumors see Liam Lawson (RB) or Franco Colapinto (Williams) replacing Sergio Pérez at Red Bull in 2025.
“Sport is like that. You have one or two bad races, people talk about you negatively a lot and so on. ”, added Perez. “But it's also something that is part of the culture of the team, of Red Bull. Team discussions, contract discussions, etc. It's part of the game.”
“Ultimately, when you're going through a tough time, there's a lot of talking. But at the end of the day, there is 90% of the grid who would have liked to have had my career. When you're a driver, you only think about the next race, the next challenge, the next category, the next contract. It’s always about the next race, the next race, the next race. Sometimes it's good to take a step back and remember how far you've come. It's a very brutal sport”Sergio Pérez concluded.
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