Red Bull has made it official that Sergio Perez will not be Max Verstappen’s teammate in the 2025 Formula 1 World Championship: the Mexican’s contract, which was extended only a few months ago, was torn up, rich sponsors are also leaving together with the 34-year-old from Guadalajara. Waiting for his replacement.
The last soap opera regarding the has also ended driver market in view of the 2025 Formula 1 World Championship: Sergio Perez will not race with Red Bull nor with the satellite team Racing Bulls. The poor results obtained in the last season have in fact convinced Christian Horner and Helmut Marko to ‘fire’ the 34-year-old Mexican and reshuffle the line-ups of the two owned teams of the well-known Austrian energy drink brand for the next F1 championship.
Yes, because Red Bull and the Mexican driver himself have announced the separation with immediate effect. The driver himself announced it with a statement issued on his social networks.
“I am incredibly grateful for the last four years spent with Red Bull Racing and for the opportunity to race with such an amazing team. Driving for Red Bull was an unforgettable experience and I will forever cherish the success we achieved together,” commented Pérez.
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We’ve broken records, achieved remarkable goals, and I’ve had the privilege of meeting so many incredible people along the way. A big thank you goes to everyone on the team, from management, engineers, mechanics, catering, hospitality, cooking, marketing and communications, as well as to all the employees at Milton Keynes. I wish you the best for the future.
It has also been an honor to race alongside Max as a teammate all these years and share our successes. Special thanks to fans around the world and especially to those in Mexico for their unwavering daily support. We’ll see you again soon. And remember… never give up” This is the message with which Sergio Perez said farewell after four years from Red Bull.
Therefore, the contract until 31 December 2026 was torn up, following a generous severance pay, and extended, somewhat surprisingly, last June with Sergio Perez therefore finding himself without an F1 seat after 14 years and off the starting grid of the next world championship. A no small blow to the accounts of the Austrian team That it also loses several rich sponsorships linked precisely to the presence of the Guadalajara driver in the team. In fact, all the sponsors of the America Movil group, headed by the tycoon Carlos Slim, have withdrawn. In addition to Telcel (whose farewell had already been foreseen when Red Bull signed the sponsorship with the competitor AT&T), in fact the companies Infinitum and Claro will no longer be camping on the single-seaters produced by Milton Keynes.
It remains only to decide who will be the new teammate of four-time world champion Max Verstappen. Here too, however, there seem to be few doubts and with great probability will be New Zealander Liam Lawson (therefore promoted by Racing Bulls after the good end to the season since he took over from Daniel Ricciardo) while in the satellite team based in Faenza the place next to the confirmed Yuki Tsunoda should be occupied by the very young French rookievice-champion of the last Formula 2 championship, Isack Hadjar.
The 2025 Formula 1 World Championship grid: the driver line-ups of the 10 teams
Red Bull: Max Verstappen (confirmed) – ?
Ferrari: Charles Leclerc (confirmed) – Lewis Hamilton (new)
Mercedes: George Russell (confirmed) – Andrea Kimi Antonelli (new)
McLaren: Lando Norris (confirmed) – Oscar Piastri (confirmed)
Alpine: Pierre Gasly (confirmed) – Jack Doohan (new)
Racing Bulls: Yuki Tsunoda (confirmed) – ?
Sauber: Nico Hulkenberg (new) – Gabriel Bortoleto (new)
Haas: Oliver Bearman (new) – Esteban Ocon (new)
Williams: Alexander Albon (confirmed) – Carlos Sainz (new)
