Sergio Perez has got to “sort out” his habit of fading in the second half of races, with the Red Bull driver’s worrying F1 2024 trend under close scrutiny from Helmut Marko.
That is the claim of Sky F1 reporter Ted Kravitz, who has accused Perez of falling back as “usual” as last weekend’s Italian Grand Prix unfolded.
Sergio Perez trend under Helmut Marko microscope
Additional reporting by Thomas Maher
Despite signing a new two-year contract as recently as June, Perez found his Red Bull seat in jeopardy ahead of the summer break after a desperate run of from.
Red Bull seemed set to drop him in the aftermath of July’s Belgian Grand Prix at Spa, where Marko said Perez had “completely collapsed” in the second half of the race as he fell from second on the grid to eighth at the chequered flag (the post-race disqualification of George Russell promoted him to seventh in the official classification).
However, team principal Christian Horner confirmed 24 hours later that Perez would remain in place entering the second half of the season.
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