'Because what Perez is showing is not Red Bull-worthy.'
Sergio Perez is “not Red Bull -worthy”, that’s the verdict from former Red Bull driver Robert Doornbos who can’t understand why he has not been replaced.
“The whole world is wondering why they gave him a new contract. And why he is not being replaced,” Doornbos told“In the past, nobody has been given as much time as he has.”“Red Bull is really struggling with what to do with him,” Doornbos continued. “There have been juniors who were promoted to the A-team and then demoted in the middle of the season to give someone else a chance. But Perez’s situation is of course slightly different.
“Red Bull had a big lead on the rest in recent years, so it was fine if Pérez was three-tenths slower than Max,” he said. “But now all those other teams are also competitive, so three-tenths can now be the difference between being first or sixth. “And what we are seeing at the moment is seriously bad. Of course that would be sad for Perez. But top-level sport is very tough and there are only twenty places in Formula 1. It is eat or be eaten.
“We saw a top athlete who has completely lost his way. He must have felt that he had perhaps lost his last credits with the team.”As for which alternate driver Doornbos would put in the RB20 alongside Verstappen, the Dutchman would overlook both VCARB team-mates and go straight to reserve driver Liam Lawson.
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