After almost losing Championship fight to Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez logs extra hours at Red Bull HQ to gear up for Dutch GP

Sergio Perez wanted to shed some sweat and get back to the top by working extra while Max Verstappen was out there enjoying the summer break with his girlfriend.

After almost losing Championship fight to Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez logs extra hours at Red Bull HQ to gear up for Dutch GP

Since the recent analysis from OLBG showed that Sergio Perez is qualifying 0.987 seconds behind his team mate Max Verstappen, there have been rumours emerging that Perez might lose his Red Bull seat. Red Bull has a history of changing drivers as soon as they show they are not up to the mark and Perez fears he might find himself trapped in the same fate. Hence, Sergio Perez has started putting in extra effort.

Recently, in an interview, Sergio Perez revealed that he has been working overtime to improve his results. He hopes to perform exceptionally in the Dutch Grand Prix. Hence, unlike the other drivers, he cut his F1 summer vacation short. He returned to the Red Bull headquarters and has been working over the clock on improving his skills.

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Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez have the same car, yet their results show drastic difference in the qualifying. This has put tremendous pressure on Checo and he has been working hard to change this equation. Sergio Perez said, “I’ve been in the factory with my engineers this week. I want to pick up where I left off in Spa and be consistently on the podium, and challenging for the remainder of the season.”

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What has Max Verstappen been up to while Sergio Perez stayed back at the Red Bull headquarters?

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Sergio Perez (via The Independent)

While Sergio Perez has been working tremendously hard at the Red Bull headquarters, his teammate Max Verstappen, who happens to be 125 points ahead, has been having a great summer holiday. Max and his girlfriend, Kelly Piquet, daughter of the Brazilian Racing Driver Nelson Piquet have been having quite a summer at Sardinia. They even posted photos and videos from the trip on their socials, making the fans fawn over the sensational couple.

Most of the other drivers too were out enjoying the summer break since holidays are rare to come by in the F1 world. Charles Leclerc, George Russel, Lewis Hamilton and many more have been constantly spamming their socials with their enthralling summer activities, but not Sergio Perez. Sergio Perez is determined to enhance his performance and convince red bull that he is worthy of the prestigious seat.