Red Bull Reveals When They Will Announce Their 2022 Lineup
Published at : August 19, 2021
Among the driver line-ups that are yet to be confirmed, Red Bull’s second seat happens to be one of more significant ones. It is currently occupied by Sergio Perez who hasn’t had as smooth a transition to the team as many had predicted he might. Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has now revealed the tentative timeline by which they will announce their driver line-up for next year while speaking to Motorsport Magazin
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Red Bull Set To Decide Sergio Perez’s Future In The Team Soon
Marko began by confirming that Perez isn’t happy with his performance gap to teammate Max Verstappen
“Of course, he is not happy with the gap to Max. He tried his own set-up instead of Max's, which is maybe not the easiest for a driver”
He then pointed out the main issue that all previous second drivers at Red Bull have struggled with
“Max doesn't mind it, even when the car oversteers in fast corners. All our second drivers had problems with that. Pérez had the same, and that's why he tried his own setup, but it didn't work”
He then confirmed that they do have a few alternatives for Perez if they need it but reiterated that they want to move ahead with the current line-up
“There are a few options, but I don't want to name names. The intention is to continue with the four drivers we have”
He signed off by revealing the timeline by which a decision can be expected
“Probably at Spa or between the first two races of the second half of the season we will announce our drivers, both for AlphaTauri and Red Bull”
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Aston Martin Performance director Tom McCullough has explained that “it was and is a more or less never-ending process of iterative development” [Motorsport]
“Or, to put it another way, if any part of [their] car is licked by the wind, [they’ve] probably updated it at some point in the last four months”
They “know that [their] car is still not the fastest, but it is now closer to [their] main rivals’ cars in terms of performance than it was at the start of the season”
Alfa Romeo team principal Fred Vasseur has suggested that the budget cap “was not directly about the future of Alfa Romeo in the sport, but more about the future of Formula One itself” [Auto Hebdo]
“Last year, because of the cost reduction and the redistribution of prize money, it was simply survival”
Alpine’s Fernando Alonso has “always steered aggressively in the middle of the corner, and then [he goes] by how the front tyres feel. If the steering goes softer, it means they are losing grip” [Soymotor]
“When it gets harder they have too much grip, and you can expect the rear of the car to move. Normally [he feels] everything with [his] hands at the front of the car”
“If you take that away from me, I’m dead. Other drivers might do it differently, but I’m defenseless if I can’t feel the front tyres. Then I can’t predict what the car will do”, Alonso concluded
McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo thinks “that there was kind of a lot of little reasons which left [him] to feel like leaving Red Bull or moving on from Red Bull was the right thing at the time” [Optus]
He “was kind of concerned with the culture, but also what [his] place in the culture looked like moving forward”
He felt like he “was going to become slightly more frustrated, probably more complacent, [where] everything is just a little bit too easy”
Williams’ George Russell “watched the [Silverstone] incident 100 times, just like everyone else” [Auto Motor und Sport]
For him “it was a racing accident. There was nothing malicious about it. Lewis [Hamilton] is one of the cleanest and most honest drivers out there”
Former F1 world champion Mika Hakkinen feels that it’s “very easy to talk about someone who becomes world champion and always wins, and then criticise his teammate” [Motorsport]
“It's an easy comparison, but you often forget the full picture of what it's like to be half of a winning team. I won two world titles myself because Coulthard was a very strong teammate”, Hakkinen added
“Valtteri knows his job is to perform better than the team’s rivals, especially now that Red Bull and Honda have made such a big leap forward”
Should Red Bull continue with Sergio Perez in 2022?
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0:00 - Red Bull Set To Decide Sergio Perez’s Future In The Team Soon
1:30 - Fast Feed
I'm your host Dillon Shelley and first up on Formula World:
Red Bull Set To Decide Sergio Perez’s Future In The Team Soon
Marko began by confirming that Perez isn’t happy with his performance gap to teammate Max Verstappen
“Of course, he is not happy with the gap to Max. He tried his own set-up instead of Max's, which is maybe not the easiest for a driver”
He then pointed out the main issue that all previous second drivers at Red Bull have struggled with
“Max doesn't mind it, even when the car oversteers in fast corners. All our second drivers had problems with that. Pérez had the same, and that's why he tried his own setup, but it didn't work”
He then confirmed that they do have a few alternatives for Perez if they need it but reiterated that they want to move ahead with the current line-up
“There are a few options, but I don't want to name names. The intention is to continue with the four drivers we have”
He signed off by revealing the timeline by which a decision can be expected
“Probably at Spa or between the first two races of the second half of the season we will announce our drivers, both for AlphaTauri and Red Bull”
Fast Feed
Aston Martin Performance director Tom McCullough has explained that “it was and is a more or less never-ending process of iterative development” [Motorsport]
“Or, to put it another way, if any part of [their] car is licked by the wind, [they’ve] probably updated it at some point in the last four months”
They “know that [their] car is still not the fastest, but it is now closer to [their] main rivals’ cars in terms of performance than it was at the start of the season”
Alfa Romeo team principal Fred Vasseur has suggested that the budget cap “was not directly about the future of Alfa Romeo in the sport, but more about the future of Formula One itself” [Auto Hebdo]
“Last year, because of the cost reduction and the redistribution of prize money, it was simply survival”
Alpine’s Fernando Alonso has “always steered aggressively in the middle of the corner, and then [he goes] by how the front tyres feel. If the steering goes softer, it means they are losing grip” [Soymotor]
“When it gets harder they have too much grip, and you can expect the rear of the car to move. Normally [he feels] everything with [his] hands at the front of the car”
“If you take that away from me, I’m dead. Other drivers might do it differently, but I’m defenseless if I can’t feel the front tyres. Then I can’t predict what the car will do”, Alonso concluded
McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo thinks “that there was kind of a lot of little reasons which left [him] to feel like leaving Red Bull or moving on from Red Bull was the right thing at the time” [Optus]
He “was kind of concerned with the culture, but also what [his] place in the culture looked like moving forward”
He felt like he “was going to become slightly more frustrated, probably more complacent, [where] everything is just a little bit too easy”
Williams’ George Russell “watched the [Silverstone] incident 100 times, just like everyone else” [Auto Motor und Sport]
For him “it was a racing accident. There was nothing malicious about it. Lewis [Hamilton] is one of the cleanest and most honest drivers out there”
Former F1 world champion Mika Hakkinen feels that it’s “very easy to talk about someone who becomes world champion and always wins, and then criticise his teammate” [Motorsport]
“It's an easy comparison, but you often forget the full picture of what it's like to be half of a winning team. I won two world titles myself because Coulthard was a very strong teammate”, Hakkinen added
“Valtteri knows his job is to perform better than the team’s rivals, especially now that Red Bull and Honda have made such a big leap forward”
Should Red Bull continue with Sergio Perez in 2022?
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