Pink Bull publicizes that Sergio Perez has determined to go away the staff.
As anticipated, following latest feedback by Christian Horner, the Mexican has seemingly taken the initiative and stop the staff quite than be fired because of his poor kind this season.
“After 4 profitable seasons collectively, and following the conclusion of the longest season in historical past, Sergio Perez and Oracle Pink Bull Racing have reached an settlement to half methods for 2025,” reads the official launch, which has clearly been labored on by legal professionals and PR individuals representing either side… in any case, he is not being fired and clearly is not retiring.
Checo joined Pink Bull for the 2021 season and throughout 4 seasons and 90 race begins with the staff, the Mexican loved essentially the most profitable spell of his 13 years in Components One. In addition to scoring 5 wins, together with victory on the Monaco Grand Prix and a pair of Azerbaijan Grand Prix wins that earned him a repute as ‘F1’s King of the Streets’, he helped the staff to 2 constructors’ titles, in 2022 and 2023. As a title runner-up in his personal regard final yr, he additionally sealed the staff’s first one-two end within the drivers’ standings.
“I am extremely grateful for the previous 4 years with Oracle Pink Bull Racing and for the chance to race with such an incredible staff,” the Mexican is quoted as saying. “Driving for Pink Bull has been an unforgettable expertise and I am going to all the time cherish the successes we achieved collectively.
“We broke information, reached outstanding milestones, and I’ve had the privilege of assembly so many unimaginable individuals alongside the way in which. An enormous thanks to each particular person within the staff from the administration, engineers and mechanics, catering, hospitality, kitchen, advertising and marketing and communications, in addition to everybody at Milton Keynes, I want you all one of the best for the long run.
“It has additionally been an honour to race alongside Max as a teammate all these years and to share in our success. A particular thanks to the followers world wide, and particularly to the Mexican followers in your unwavering help daily. We’ll meet once more quickly. And bear in mind…By no means quit.”
“I want to thank Checo for all he has performed for Oracle Pink Bull Racing over the previous 4 seasons,” added Christian Horner. “From the second he joined in 2021 he proved himself to be a unprecedented staff participant, serving to us to 2 constructors’ titles and to our first 1-2 end within the drivers’ championship.
His 5 wins, all on avenue circuits, have been additionally a spectacular mark of his dedication to all the time push to the restrict. Whereas Checo is not going to race for the Staff subsequent season, he’ll all the time be an especially standard staff member and a treasured a part of our historical past. Thanks, Checo.”
The staff ends the discharge by insisting that “additional bulletins concerning the staff’s full 2025 line-up can be made sooner or later”, although Liam Lawson will settle right down to his Christmas dinner totally conscious that he’s Max Verstappen’s new teammate.
