Marko: Perez “completely collapsed” for Red Bull in Belgian GP
Red Bull’s motorsport advisor Helmut Marko has blasted Sergio Perez after he “completely collapsed” in the Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix.
Red Bull is set for talks on Monday to assess its driver line-up for 2025, with Perez under threat of losing his seat with the world champions.
The 34-year-old has been in wretched form and went from second on the grid at Spa-Francorchamps to finish eighth (promoted to seventh after George Russell’s disqualification). He was also comfortably beaten by his Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen, despite the Dutchman having a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change that meant he started 11th.
Marko told Sky Germany: “Sergio had the opportunity to take a good result from second place. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. Especially in the last stint, he completely collapsed, where he set 1m48s lap times.
Marko told Sky Germany: “Sergio had the opportunity to take a good result from second place. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. Especially in the last stint, he completely collapsed, where he set 1m48s lap times.
“What looked so positive in qualifying unfortunately didn’t materialise in the race.”
When asked about Monday’s meeting to assess their driver line-ups across Red Bull and sister team RB, Marko added: “For us, the situation is such that we will also go through the overall situation for 2025. We have a number of drivers and we have a concept.
