Sergio Perez is under threat at Red Bull (Image: Getty)
Antonio Perez Garibay – father of six-time Grand Prix winner – has posted to social media stating ‘We have everything ready for 2025’ despite reports suggesting that have decided to move on from the Mexican racer at the end of the season.
Perez is contracted with until the end of the 2026 campaign, but after a dreadful second half of the 2024 season, the 34-year-old’s position has become untenable. He has 152 points to ’s 429 and hasn’t scored a podium finish since round five of the season in China.
The 34-year-old’s form has single-handedly ruled out of contention for the Constructors’ Championship, too. The Milton Keynes squad travel to Abu Dhabi locked into P3 with leading in the race for the title.
With Perez’s form still heading in the wrong direction after just one top-nine finish in the last seven Grands Prix, the elephant in the room is becoming more and more difficult to ignore. However, according to team principal , the ball is in Checo’s court.
“We will fully support him until the chequered flag drops in Abu Dhabi. Whatever he decides after that is ultimately his decision,” he said in Qatar. “He’s old enough and wise enough to draw his own conclusions. But there’s still one race to go. Now let’s get Abu Dhabi out of the way and then we’ll see where we stand.”
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Antonio Perez Garibay believes his son will continue in F1 (Image: Getty)
Since then, a report from explained that are set on replacing Perez come the end of the season, and that the Mexican racer would likely be offered an ambassadorial role should he agree to step away from his racing contract.
However, Perez’s father seems to believe otherwise. Posing in front of eight crates of , the 65-year-old wrote on Threads: “Thank you @redbullmexico. We have everything ready for 2025 @F1 @RedBullRacing @RedBull. Best drink in the world. Worldwide.”
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While Perez Snr remains defiant, Helmut Marko’s comments to Viaplay suggest that one of Liam Lawson or will be driving for in Melbourne. “There is a meeting Monday after Abu Dhabi and there, all the major people are there, all of the shareholders, and there a decision will be done,” he explained.
“We always – or most of the time – brought our own drivers through the programme and I think it’s a philosophical decision: do we stick to that? And what I got from the shareholders it will be in this direction.”