F1: Christian Horner does not guarantee ‘Checo’ Perez’s succession after 2024

Christian Horner, Director Red Bull Racing, confirmed that they are looking at other drivers after the 2024 season, when the Mexican’s contract ends Sergio Perez in the Austrian national team.

Horner spoke about the future of Red Bull in an interview with the publication Sky Sport New and assured that the team is closely monitoring several riders who could become Checo’s successor after the 2024 season.

There are many pilots that you should also pay attention to. There is now a generation of racers with enormous talent.

Christian Horner with Sergio Perez.

Later he added about pilot market.

Now, being Max’s teammate will never be easy, and some drivers may be up to the challenge while others may not. But of course, in addition to the pilots that we have internally, we monitor everyone. As you can imagine, there is quite a bit of interest in driving Red Bull cars in certain sectors.

The Briton confirmed that Perez Mendoza’s place could be taken by a young rider who is already part of the team in many categories.

Ideally this will come from our existing talent pool and if we don’t think the opportunities exist we will look beyond it to see who is available.

Czech Republic meets 177 points behind Verstappen in the Drivers’ Championship and ahead of third place, Lewis Hamiltonlater reduced to 33 units. a dark weekend in Japan when he retired after several collisions and penalties.

Lewis Hamilton.

“He’s got at least a bit of a points buffer for the race weekend for Lewis and a bigger one than Fernando (Alonso) behind him,” Horner said of the points table.

Finally, the director of Red Bull Racing commented on the possibility of finishing the drivers’ championship with a score of 1-2 in favor of Red Bull.

This is something we have never achieved; We have never finished first or second with any of our drivers in the World Championship, so it would be very important for us to achieve this.

(according to information from Sky Sports News)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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