Red Bull Advisor Helmut Marko explained why Sergio Perez could not match the pace of two-time reigning world champion Max Verstappen despite having the same dominant RB19 car, which has won all eight races of the season so far.
Helmut Marko has offered an explanation for why Sergio Perez has been much slower than Max Verstappen in the same car.
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When asked why Perez looks to be much slower than Verstappen in the same RB19, Marko gave a simple answer.
"Because Max is Max," the Austrian said.
"He's in…
The 80-year-old executive reasoned that Verstappen is simply the best driver in the grid.
"Because Max is Max," the Austrian told the news outlet OE24.
"He's in the best car, but even in that car only [Fernando] Alonso and [Lewis] Hamilton could keep up. Those three are simply the strongest, and Max stands out among them," he added.
Perez is still responsible for two of the eight wins by Red Bull this season, crossing the finish line first in Jeddah and Baku.
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Sergio Perez's Dip in Form in Recent Races
Since finishing second in the Miami Grand Prix last May, the 33-year-old Mexican has failed to return to the podium.
Despite having arguably the fastest car on the grid, he has not come out of Q2 in qualifying for the past three races.
Perez qualified last in Monaco due to a crash in Q1, and he started 11th in Spain and 12th in Canada. The Mexican finished 16th, 4th, and 6th in those races, respectively.
Alpine's Esteban Ocon believes he can do a better job than Perez competing against Verstappen for the title if he had the same car.
"I see myself fighting with Verstappen, fighting for a World Championship if we had the same car," the French driver told DAZN.
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