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Perez can push Verstappen more than Albon did – Horner

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner is confident the more experienced Sergio Perez can push Max Verstappen harder than Alexander Albon was able to last season, which he hopes will mean the team can push Mercedes this year. Verstappen was able to win two races in 2020, the same amount as Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas, with the pair split by just nine points as the curtain fell on the season. Albon meanwhile scored less than half Verstappen's tally, which contributed to the team dropping him. Red Bull surprised with the decision that they would sign Perez – an outsider who hasn't risen through the team's own junior programme – in the hope that a more experienced line-up would help to push...
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