Sergio Perez saw a miraculous rise in his F1 career after he joined Red Bull when on the contrary, his F1 career was under threat after Racing Point (now Aston Martin) decided to axe him for Sebastian Vettel.
In the two seasons, he has been a reliable lieutenant to the Milton-Keynes-based team. With them, he saw considerable success and is getting numbers which were previously distant to him.
In Perez’s case, patience really paid him well, and now he is bound with them until the end of the 2024 season. Even the 2022 season was a success for him, missing out runner-up spot by only a second.
With him, Red Bull has finally found stability in results from both ends, which was absent since the exit of Daniel Ricciardo in 2019. Will that success continue? It remains to be seen.
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Sergio Perez brings expensive gifts for employees at Red Bull
Even though drivers are all alone on the track, F1 is still a team sport. A lot of coordination is needed to make a dominant car, which Perez got by his team, and then he was served well by the pit crew team to give him seamless racing.
So, to thank all the 1400 Red Bull employees, Perez brings in Patron Tequila. The Mexican race driver has teamed up with the alcoholic brand which hails from his country and even sponsors the Red Bull driver.
One bottle of tequila by them can cost up to $93. Thus, 1400 bottles easily take up the price to around $130,000. An expensive gift by a $10 million-earning F1 driver. He must have gotten a considerable discount since he partnered with them.
What lies for him in 2023?
By the end of the season, Perez had a rift with Verstappen when the latter didn’t let him overtake him to help to cease the runner-up spot against Charles Leclerc.
This resulted in Perez even criticizing his Dutch teammate publically. With this, Perez could end up having a vendetta against Verstappen. In the final days of the 2022 season, he even hinted at title ambitions for the 2023 season.
Though it’s unlikely, Red Bull’s leadership would even support him over Verstappen in the championship fight. But this is the only chance for Perez to fulfil his F1 dream, as he has the most dominant car on the grid with only his teammate with similar resources.
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