Sergio Perez asserts he wouldn’t want to be in Liam Lawson’s ‘shoes’ at Red Bull in 2025
Sergio Perez made it clear that things could be tougher for Liam Lawson against Max Verstappen at Red Bull this year.
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Sergio Perez and Liam Lawson (via IMAGO)
Red Bull finally sacked Sergio Perez after months of uncertainty over his future. Liam Lawson will replace the Mexican driver to race alongside Max Verstappen this season. Now, Checo has highlighted the reason why he wouldn’t want to be in place of his successor.
2025 will be the first full F1 season for Liam Lawson. The Kiwi driver has raced a total of eleven races in the sport over a span of two years. The 22-year-old’s career has taken a similar trajectory to Alex Albon who also competed his first full campaign with Red Bull.
Sergio Perez emphasized that partnering Max Verstappen as a young driver was a massive challenge. The Mexican driver confessed that he would not like to be in Lawson’s situation. Moreover, Perez highlighted that fans and critics often underestimate how difficult it is to match the four-time world champion.
Being teammates with Max at Red Bull as a young driver, I wouldn’t like to be in those shoes. People cannot underestimate the level of challenge that they’re seeing.
Sergio Perez said, as reported by GPBlog
Sergio Perez confesses ‘mental strength’ need to match Max Verstappen
Checo asserted that he knew what he signed up for at Red Bull. The 34-year-old was effectively sacked from the team for failing to be on par with Max Verstappen. Sergio Perez pointed out that the task to partner Verstappen took immense mental strength to cope with as well as capacity and experience to go up against the Dutch driver.
It’s an incredible challenge. I knew what I signed for when I came here. It’s an incredible challenge that people should not underestimate the level of experience, the level of capacity, of mental strength that you need to cope with the extreme challenge.
Sergio Perez stated
Sergio Perez might be relieved to be done with the Red Bull chapter of his career. Though, Checo will not be racing in F1 this year, he could potentially stay on the sidelines for a return in 2026. It remains to be seen if Perez potentially decides to bid farewell to the sport entirely and race in a series like IndyCar in the near future.
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