Would it be 'Madness' to consider ousting Perez?
Apr.26 - It would be "madness" for Red Bull to consider ousting Sergio Perez.
That is the view of Kees van de Grint, a former Formula 1 engineer who was responding to rumours that Dr Helmut Marko may be considering bringing Pierre Gasly back to the top team.
Dutchman van de Grint thinks that would be "madness".
"If Perez continues to perform as he does now, it would be madness to replace him," he told Viaplay.
"You have to be honest enough to say that he is a bit slower than Verstappen, who is clearly the number 1," the former Bridgestone engineer added.
"It is very clear who the boss is, but Perez has done a great job and they are a great team."
Ho-Pin Tung, a Dutch-Chinese racing driver, agrees.
"At Red Bull, this is already the ideal lineup. You can't go for the drivers' title with two drivers, unless you are so dominant that you win every race as a team," he said.
"So if you have a driver like Perez who is very good but lacks the last bit to dominate the other driver, that is a good situation for the team."
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yes, so stop going on about it
Yes please. Perez is a very good Driver.
Although Ham couldn't pass Harley for 25 laps ;)
As I said before Perez is a good driver when his mind is on the job and he doesn't nod off hence the diversion across the grass on Sunday.
I have been impressed by him this season last year Perez issue was qualifying and this year he's been good and I'm not bias because don't support Perez or Red bull
don´t know what else to say about it... over and over again....
what a load of crap. Do people feel they are enjoying a sport more by talking crap?
There is enough actually going on for real to fill any conversations.
These sort of things are from disinterested morons who just want someone to respond.
No, as he joined for stop-gap purposes in the first place.
The matter would be different if Red Bull didn't have a B-team as normally, of course, needless to change a performing driver.