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Originally Posted by Artemis
What will be the next Perez excuse for masking that he ain't as talented and skilled as Verstappen ? Blaming Verstappen for driving too fast for him (alike slow(er) neighborhood kids on cycles shouting "Hey wait for me !" during a race for fun) ?
If Perez truly crashed deliberately in the final stage of the Monaco 2022 Q3, he sealed his exit from Red Bull at the end of this 2023 season (maybe it's even his last season in F1).
We don't know what happened back then, but likely there have been internal meetings of dismissing Perez sooner or later, with in the end the compromise that, although Perez has apparently made and confessed a cardinal sin of cheating on Verstappen in Monaco (resulting into Perez compromising Verstappen's chance for a pole position lap + facilitating race victory on that hard-to-overtake street circuit), the incident would be kept confidential but Perez' days at Red Bull are numbered (his contract expires at the end of this 2023 season - no extension news for the time being). In the meantime it's all keeping up appearances of one happy family before cameras, on social media and during PR events, while internally the Verstappen-Perez relationship seems to be broken beyond repair. A matter of keeping it professional.
As we recall, at the Brazil 2022 race, the volcano of disgruntlement erupted down at camp Verstappen, the Monaco incident was leaked via Dutch press (by a journalist with access to the inner circle of Verstappen's father) and never formally denied by the Verstappens, and even culminated with Verstappen's mother emotionally lashing out on social media to Perez with a delicate accusation about his private life. All that terribly sounded like a deep divide, even some cold war between them. Ever since, Perez should not expect getting any 'favors' from Verstappen. Verstappen will not answer "Hey wait for me !" calls. And in 2024 someone else will be Verstappen's team mate.
OK this all may be speculation and innuendo, but it remains to be seen whether this season there will be signs that Verstappen and Perez still can genuinely get along on a personal level (away from cameras).
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Positive ..
Checo crashed deliberately in the final stage of the Monaco 2022 Q3 !
IMHO. Checo won't get a new Red Bull contract . This means Checo's exit .