Sergio Perez says he can’t enable hypothesis surrounding his future change into a distraction for him forward of the ultimate two races earlier than the summer time break.
Pink Bull workforce principal Christian Horner has brazenly acknowledged that Perez is beneath stress, having scored simply 15 factors throughout the previous six race weekends and slipped to sixth within the drivers’ championship. The shape has led to an understanding that the state of affairs round Perez can be analyzed in the course of the August shutdown if there’s not an upturn in performances, however the 34-year-old says his focus must be on the upcoming rounds.
“I do know the place I’m, when it comes to contract and that kind of factor,” Perez stated. “That I can’t let be a distraction as a result of I must give attention to the subsequent two weekends, that are the precedence and work along with the workforce to get out of this troublesome interval.
“It’s a great time to have a little bit of a break and get again to kind hopefully for Hungary and Belgium, two crucial races.”
Perez stepped apart for Isack Hadjar in FP1 at Silverstone after which was eradicated in Q1 after spinning off observe in changeable situations. After a race the place an early gamble for moist climate tires backfired, the Mexican says it’s the early apply work that can be essential to any turnaround.
“I feel, trying again at it, we had among the best Fridays shortly,” he stated. “So I feel there’s some gentle out of the tunnel. On the similar time, it’s a very disappointing race, however I’m additionally conscious how a lot we are able to think about this race. Aside from that, simply ensuring we’re in a ballpark with the steadiness, attempt to make preparations we want for Friday after which we can be rather a lot higher.”
The place there’s additional uncertainty surrounding Perez is within the lack of a standout candidate to interchange him ought to Pink Bull make that alternative, with Horner nonetheless comparatively reserved about Yuki Tsunoda’s potential, regardless of him getting the higher of Daniel Ricciardo to date this season.
“Yuki is a Pink Bull Racing driver, he’s on a Pink Bull Racing contract, and we re-signed him as a result of he’s been performing effectively,” Horner stated. “So we’re very conscious of his performances.
“I feel Yuki’s doing a great job. He scored one other level , he’s stringing weekends collectively, he’s doing a great job. I feel he’s benefitted from having Daniel alongside him, I feel he’ll brazenly admit he’s discovered from Daniel when it comes to having an skilled driver and the way they work together with the workforce and the engineers. And Yuki’s not a rookie anymore, he’s bought numerous expertise now beneath his belt and you may see he’s placing that to good use.
“You by no means know, possibly he’ll get a check at some point … You’ll be able to by no means rule something out. Yuki, we have now choices for a number of years on him as a result of we imagine that he’s a expertise.”
