News Details

Horner: Signing Perez the ‘grown up' thing to do

Christian Horner says looking outside their own talent pool and signing Sergio Perez was the 'grown up' thing for Red Bull to do. With Alex Albon struggling in 2020, the team made the decision to look outside of their own young driver programme for the first time since 2007 when Mark Webber joined. With bringing through their own talent being a source of pride, it was something Horner and co were hugely reluctant to do – but he feels it was ultimately the right call. 'It was a tremendously difficult decision and one we were fortunate to have time to be able to fully consider – the whole season in fact,' he told Autosport. 'And it's highly unusual for a driver of Sergio's...
Full Story »
3y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Michael Jordan: Bubba Wallace has the talent to win

NBA legend and new team owner Michael Jordan believes that his driver,...
3y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Honda says Red Bull engine program 'the right thing to...

Honda says that ceding its F1 engine program to Red Bull is "the...
3y ago from F1i.com

'Red Bull wants to be able to play a game with...

By bringing Sergio Perez to Red Bull Racing, the team is breaking with...
3y ago from GPBlog.com

Horner: Red Bull have taken control of own destiny

Red Bull's decision to run their own-branded Formula 1 engines from 2022...
3y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Vinales: Aprilia COTA MotoGP win has ‘different...

Maverick Vinales believes that his maiden win with Aprilia in MotoGP at...
29m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Ducati: Bastianini's COTA MotoGP podium an...

Ducati General Manager Gigi Dall’Igna labelled Enea Bastianini's podium...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.