“Our best ever”: Horner praises Checo Pérez for his duo with Verstappen

2022 season, formula 1 reached the summer break, and with it the balance of what had happened over the year for several of its members. Red Bull as big heroes thanks to their overwhelming advantage in two championships.

Max Verstappen Leclerc 80 and Austrians ahead ferrari Up to 97, so they welcome the holidays by a wide margin over their competitors and with confidence to continue improving their cars for the end of the season.

The director of Red Bull mentioned this, Christian Horner describing the current situation experienced by the team and its drivers, hence the name Czech Perez It has also come up many times for dedicating numerous compliments to it and hinting at the whole background that led to its renewal by 2024.

“Check He really found his place in the team. Horner began to tell in an interview with sky sport f1. “The rules have gotten him better this year and I think he’s doing a good job, you can see that. victory in Monaco it was great for him, he got his first pole (position). Jeddah …it’s going on unbelievably, you know, silverstone I was on fire too.”

In this way, he praised Sergio’s performance in the first half of the season and explained that after the first year of adaptation, the team interior now feels more comfortable with its engineers and the environment in general.

Citing the complex introduction he made at the beginning of 2021 due to health restrictions as an example, the British executive said, “I think that this year internal trust has increased in him and everything is not new for him anymore.” COVID-19 .

“You see him more comfortable now, he has a good relationship with his engineers and of course His relationship with Max is the best we’ve had of any combination of drivers. ”

Checo Pérez’s chance to win the title with Verstappen in the team

during his meeting with sky sportsfamous journalist Martin Brundle He asked if there were any title possibilities for the Mexican. Max Verstappen as a friend to whom he hardly replied:

Sergio is still very deep in this championship. I think it’s very, very difficult to be Max’s partner. … What if the Drivers could win the World Championship without Verstappen? Of course we want the best two riders possible, but I think How well they fit together makes this work great “, he described.

“Sometimes when you have two full alphas it can be incredibly devastating and I think Sergio is in the best car he’s ever had at the stage in his career and (He knows he has a chance to become a champion) but you know, you have to be very smart to use it throughout the season”.

In this way, the director Red Bull stocked up on what it means Sergio Perez in a team, as a teammate Max Verstappen and even in his individual development over the past year and a half, he has shown that he can achieve better results when he is well-adjusted to the car.

after summer vacation Check He’s third in the Drivers’ Championship, just five points behind Leclerc, but Russell and Sainz have less than 20 units of pressure, so he’ll need to ramp up his RB18 to compete in the Worlds. . end of the year, but above all to secure the first Constructors’ World Championship.