Sergio Perez issues warning, ready to challenge Max Verstappen after 2022 drama
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Sergio Perez ended the 2022 F1 season in third place in the Drivers Championship, and the Mexican has recently made it known that he would look to stay consistent, in order to fight for the Championship next year.
Sergio Perez fell short of second place in this year’s Drivers Championship by only three points. However, when it came to Verstappen, he was a massive 149 points adrift of the Dutchman.
The Mexican driver was able to stay in contention until the Canadian GP, but because of Perez’s retirement at the event, the gap to Verstappen went from 21 points to 46.
While stressing about his overall campaign, Perez recently added, “Season started really well.”
“Some reliability issues in the beginning, but things were looking on track, we were in the mix for the championship early on.”
He further added, “I had a couple of bad races that really put me off contention for the championship, so there is some work to do in that regard.”
“Together with the team to make sure that we can keep that consistency throughout and that we can come back next year and fight for the title if we were to have a similar level car for next year.”
Sergio Perez would have to straightaway hit the ground running in 2023
F1 campaigns have over the years, become extremely unpredictable as one slight mistake, or some unfortunate happening could lead to losing out on a Championship.
The best example of this was witnessed during the Abu Dhabi GP of 2021 where Max Verstappen was crowned Champion after Nicholas Latifi’s late retirement.
If Sergio Perez wants to challenge for the Championship next year, alongside consistency, he would also require to hit the ground running from the very first race of the 2023 F1 season.
Perez has been doing his trade in F1 for several years and certainly has got the temperament to challenge for the Championship.
However, the way Max Verstappen has been doing his F1 business in recent years, it would not be an easy task to force the Dutchman off his pedestal.
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Rishabh Negi
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