Perez made final push at Red Bull’s factory to cling on to his seat

Ahead of the final two races of the 2024 F1 season, Sergio Perez has revealed that he visited Red Bull’s Milton Keynes headquarter between the Las Vegas and the Qatar Grands Prix to get himself in the best shape.

Last weekend’s Las Vegas Grand Prix saw Perez start from P16 on the grid, opting for the hard compound for his first stint. With the majority of the field starting on the mediums and pitting early because of the much higher tyre degradation, the Mexican found himself in P2.

However, he fell behind after his first stop, before climbing up the order to P10 to claim the last championship point in Nevada. Reflecting on last weekend’s 50-lap race, Perez noted that he was delighted with the pace despite the suboptimal result.

“Las Vegas was positive in that we had the pace in the race and it was good to see us being able to be more competitive throughout. For the final two races, we need to make qualifying work and get the car in the right window on a more consistent basis, so that we can be starting where we should be on race days.

Despite the condensed nature of the Qatar weekend, Perez hopes that he will be able to extract the maximum from his car as he visited Red Bull’s Milton Keynes-based factory for a final preparation between the Las Vegas and the Qatar Grands Prix.

“Qatar holds totally different challenges to Vegas, so it’ll he interesting to see how the car performs on the surface here, in totally different temperatures.

“The Sprint format means we lose time out on track but I have been at the factory with my Team this week to make sure we are as best prepared as we can be to hit the ground running on Friday,” concluded Perez.