Horner: “‘Checo’ knows it’s unsustainable not to score points”

‘Checo’ Pérez He still couldn’t get over his slump in results and performance at the wheel of his Red Bull and left again without points. F British GP1. The world is tightened to McLaren and Mercedes very similar to red bull and even with a superior car and a Ferrari he could fight for wins on some favorable tracks. In that context, red bull It’s not worth it just for the points. Verstappen and needed ‘Czech’ to achieve the Constructors’ World Cup. Without a dominant car, Pérez will not be able to return as he has done in previous years and must improve in qualifying. but, Christian Horner He did not hesitate to ask the Mexican public to raise the bar.

“He knows that not being able to score is not sustainable. “He knows his role and his purpose and no one is more eager than Checo to get back.”said Horner in remarks reported by the ‘RaceFans’ portal after a weekend conditioned by his mistake in qualifying. Furthermore, he took a risk by setting up intermediates early and the bet did not go well. In the paddock there is already speculation that Red Bull could release him in the middle of the year and that there will be performance clauses in his contract that will allow this.

“If it rains harder, I look like a hero”

However, Horner defended ‘Checo’ for his performance on Sunday, understanding that the team took strategic risks to opt for the comeback and that luck was not on the Mexican’s side.

“Of course it’s disappointing when both cars don’t perform together. It’s disappointing to lose Checo in Q1”said of an accident that left him at the back of the grid for Sunday’s race.

“He missed FP1 because Isack Hadjar was driving his car. He had a decent FP2 and probably should have been in the top six… and then to lose that car in Q1 was very frustrating,” Horner argued.

‘Checo’ took advantage of his delayed starting position to change engines and start from the pit lane and risked the race looking for luck to help him by putting the intermediate tires on earlier.

“This weekend nothing really happened to him. We took our chances in the race. He started on the hard tire, he was making decent progress at the start of the race. The rain started, he was 15th or 16th at the time . And the dice were rolled at that point, just like they did at Leclerc. We move to intermediates. If the rain gets stronger, he looks like a hero. I didn’t pass, so we had an extra stop and being with an intermediate on a track that dries up costs him a lot of time. So obviously there is a lot to analyze from the weekend,” he concluded.