From the outside Sergio Perez appears to be ticking all the boxes at Red Bull, however he has to raise his game in qualifying to provide proper support for the team's ace Max Verstappen if he is going to satisfy his new paymasters. Whether he likes it or not that why the Mexican veteran is there, to play a similar role to Valtteri Bottas at Mercedes who has Lewis Hamilton's back. In fact, Perez would be wise to follow the Finn's example because the word in the paddock is that a certain Helmut Marko is not terribly impressed with their charge at this point. Stats versus Vwerstappen show that Perez is lacking on Saturdays: Bahrain – Perez 11th; Verstappen 1st; Gap seven-tenths. Imola...
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