Sergio Perez Is on a roll this season . By winning the Monaco GP , he has closed the title gap with Verstappen and is now third in the championship .
Max Verstappen , who has never had a strong team mate challenging him since Daniel Ricciardo is now facing a tough fight from Sergio Perez . Sergio Perez may become a hurdle to Verstappen’s aim to win the Championship .These are just speculations and we have to wait till the end of the season .
Red Bull chief engineer Paul Monaghan in an interview said that Perez is looking really good with the car and 2022 car (RB18) suits him very well . He said , “Checo is driving extremely well this year, and he does find the car is not always to his liking but it’s one that he can drive,
I find it interesting that Max… he can drive the thing. Goodness me, he really can. And the likes and dislikes, that’s a typical ebb and flow you will see between teammates.
“I think last year’s car, don’t forget that we were coming to the end of a set of regulations which had evolved, and we’d evolved with Max. And then Checo got in and, as a teammate to Max, we couldn’t have asked for better, could we?”
He also added , “I wouldn’t say it is particularly difficult car, I wouldn’t say it’s an easy car. And at the moment the ebb and flow is that Checo is very with it and likes it.
“Would Max come to the same point of settlement? Yes, he might do slightly later in the weekend. Will he complain after the race win or lose or whatever? Complain is the wrong word, will he have his usual constructive criticism? Yes, of course he will. I think we should expect that from both of them.
“I don’t know if one is more comfortable than the other. I think Max is driving as well as I’ve ever seen him drive. We’ll see what happens towards the end of the yearI don’t know if one is more comfortable than the other. I think Max is driving as well as I’ve ever seen him drive. We’ll see what happens towards the end of the year .”
Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner has earlier clarified that Red Bull is not going to prioritizing a single driver and will work towards the betterment of the team.
With the kind of form he is in and by already winning the previous Azerbaijan Grand Prix with Red Bull , Sergio Perez will head into this weekend with lots of confidence .
Max Verstappen is expected to have a tough fight with his team mate this weekend .
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