When two from the same Formula 1 team have the same goal: The world championship fight is explosive for Red Bull, agrees with a former German driver.
According to Timo Glock, the Red Bull stable duel will lead to friction in the Formula 1 world championship fight. Tensions between the victorious Sergio Pérez and defending champion Max Verstappen were already noticeable on Sunday evening in Jeddah. Pérez had complained about the communication. He got other information.
Defending champion Max Verstappen had robbed the Mexican of the point for the fastest race lap in the last lap. Verstappen also maintained his lead in the world championship rankings by finishing second at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
“Sergio Pérez will not get involved in any topic in which he will have to support Verstappen in the future. I’m sure of it,” wrote Glock in his column for the pay channel Sky and immediately provided the reason for his assumption: “Because the Mexican has his chance sees fighting for the title with Verstappen.”
Race in Melbourne is coming up
After the impressions of the first two races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, the two Red Bull rivals can only beat themselves for the time being. In the Sakhir desert, Verstappen had won ahead of Pérez. Verstappen had to admit defeat in Jeddah, but had moved up from 15th on the grid. He wasn’t happy, he immediately emphasized, he wasn’t there to finish second.
Pérez doesn’t think differently. His victory on Sunday was the fifth in the 33-year-old’s career. Verstappen, world champion of 2021 and 2022, has already finished first 36 times at the age of 25.
But Pérez showed that he was strong and had very good speed in the race, Glock said. “At the same time, Verstappen is someone who doesn’t allow himself to be said and does what he thinks is right. The team can say what it wants.” The fans will see what happens next at the upcoming race on April 2nd in Melbourne. (dpa)