Shortly after the first practice at the Belgian Grand Prix, Red Bull Racing officially announced the news that Sergio Perez would be left behind in 2022. Why did Red Bull keep Perez? - Perez offers everything Red Bull needs right now.
One of the most important of these is that they believe the Mexican, who won his first ever F1 victory in Bahrain late last year, can make significant progress on a stable basis.
Although Perez was a little worse than his team expected, fifth in the drivers' rankings, his contribution is still enormous.
After 11 races, he contributed 104 points to the team, nearly double that of Alex Albon, who was replaced by him at the same time last year. He was only four points behind Bottas. It is worth noting that his championship in Baku added a lot of points to him.
Second, given next year's rule changes, Perez's decade of experience will be priceless as they hope to use it to develop the car, he gets along well with the team and it is a matter of not having to think about it.
Gasly and Alben, who had hoped to replace Perez, had to think differently. For Gasley, the first half of the season was enough to keep a seat for Red Bull Jr., while Albon had to consider leaving Red Bull to join other teams, and even other races, with sources that both Williams and Alfa Romeo were interested in the driver, while Alben would prefer to join Williams. The news seems to reflect russell's joining Maypen in the 2022 season.
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