2024-06-05 17:11:19
Mexican driver Sergio Pérez will stay the motive force of the Pink Bull Formulation 1 staff. He prolonged his contract till the tip of 2026.
The sovereign staff of current seasons could have Max Verstappen – Sergio Pérez within the pits for a complete of six years.
The 34-year-old Mexican driver has began the 2024 season very effectively alongside Verstappen, taking three second locations within the first 4 Grands Prix. These good performances helped Pérez construct momentum and safe his spot within the staff going ahead.
A current dip in type has raised some doubts about whether or not Pink Bull will hold him. Nonetheless, in an unstable rider market, the Milton Keynes staff opted for stability and retained the present rider line-up for the subsequent two years.
“Now is a vital time to substantiate our line-up for 2025 and we’re very happy to proceed working with Checo (Pérez),” mentioned staff principal Christian Horner.
“Continuity and stability are essential to the staff and Checo and Max are a profitable and strong partnership that secured us a championship double final yr for the primary time in our historical past. Checo has had an excellent begin to 2024 with second locations in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Japan, and there is additionally a podium in China,” the Pink Bull boss added.
“I’m glad to remain right here to proceed our journey collectively and contribute to the nice historical past of this staff for the subsequent two years,” mentioned a happy Pérez.