Liberty Media reportedly behind Red Bull not sacking Sergio Perez amidst fears of Mexican GP revenue loss
Sergio Perez has been under immense pressure at Red Bull.
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The 2024 summer break is well underway and during the initial off days, Sergio Perez is still a bubbling topic in the world of F1. He had a horrendous first half of the campaign and was tipped by many to get sacked.
However, Red Bull boss Christian Horner recently admitted that Sergio Perez will continue at least until the end of this year’s campaign. In light of this, it has recently come out that Liberty Media was reportedly behind asking Horner and Co. to not sack the six-time Grand Prix winner.
As per F1Insider, Liberty Media feared a huge revenue loss at the Mexican GP and thus, went up to Red Bull to request them to not sack the 34-year-old driver. Since Perez’s move to the Austrian outfit, the Mexican GP numbers have been extremely high in terms of fan attendance, the main reason being that Perez is the home hero.
Top names like Daniel Ricciardo, Yuki Tsunoda, and even junior driver, Liam Lawson were in the running for the Perez seat, up until Horner’s recent announcement. Now that the summer break has got underway, it is in Perez’s best interest to disconnect from F1 for a bit so that he comes back refreshed and ready to fight from Zandvoort onwards.
Red Bull’s main ‘focus is on the Constructors Championship’
While Perez is staying at least until the end of 2024, Red Bull is more worried about its position in the Constructors Championship rather than the Driver’s. Max Verstappen is currently leading the latter by 78 points over McLaren’s Lando Norris.
Whereas in the Constructors, the situation is quite tight, as things stand, Red Bull is only 42 points ahead of the Woking-based outfit.
For us, the focus is on the constructors', that we've seen another seven or eight points [the loss it would have been prior to George Russell's disqualification] taken off us again today. We need to turn that around coming out of the break in Zandvoort.Christian Horner via Racingnews365
The 2024 Championship battle has turned into a fierce four-way battle between Mercedes, Ferrari, McLaren, and Red Bull. From race to race, the balance of power has shifted, and considering this, the second half of the season is going to be an extremely challenging one for the top four outfits. The second-phase will get underway in Zandvoort from 23rd August onwards.
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