Things aren't going well for Red Bull Racing at the moment. Not only is their (still) huge lead in the individual points race rapidly dwindling, but they are also in increasing disarray as a team.
And the best part is that they just watch all this. Because if they want to defend the constructors' title, that fight with a driver of Sergio Perez's quality is not a life insurance policy. Perez is performing less and less well, in fact he has already risen to the "heights" of Guanyu Zhoui, but the team is forgiving him for some mysterious reason. It's extremely interesting.
Dr. Helmut Marko indicated that nothing will change, the disgracefully performing Mexican will definitely be able to keep his seat until the end of the year. The decision allegedly surprised Max Verstappen and his management, which is hard to believe in light of the fact that a driver with a fairly serious lobby at the team has influence over certain processes. If he had anything to do with the decision, it is definitely embarrassing, because if he didn't want a new, stronger teammate by his side, he is unworthy of being a champion. And if he did want it, but it was all drilled into him "up there", that is again a matter of opinion, because in the increasingly intense fight without a normal partner it will be very difficult for him to continue. On the other hand, it is a testament to how seriously his own team takes him as a three-time world champion. This year, the individual championship title is still within reach, but RB can be a one-legged giant in the team, this is especially true for 2025. Let's say they will supposedly renegotiate the situation, the question is whether it will all make sense.
Will there still be a top-quality driver on the circuit who sees a fantasy in the already declining Red Bull Racing of such a size and agrees to join Verstappen on the roller coaster...
