Perez will be hoping to do enough in the season-ending races to keep his place on the grid next year

  • misery mansion
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    710 hours ago

    Bro! If he is in that car come next year then there is some serious kompromat on Horner and Marko!

    • murph
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      39 hours ago

      Or he brings a ton of cash to the table.

      • misery mansion
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        49 hours ago

        I just cannot see how it is worth it, given the team is a marketing exercise for a fizzy drink. I don’t see how any amount of sponsorship cash can offset the damage done by being a bad team

        • @[email protected]
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          24 hours ago

          i think it’s about the market in south america. saw multiple comments on reddit explaining it like this: RB doesn’t care a lot about the WCC, they would obv like it, but the WDC is their main target. also makes sense, as this is the thing that is publicly most known and advertised with. RB still won the WDC and has a big market to successfully advertise in with perez in south america. they actually got what they wanted. and i kinda believe it to be the reason. i mean, they are not dumb, they know, perspective and WCC-wise, that Perez is not the option.

        • itsame
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          16 hours ago

          You are correct. But the question the shareholders will have to answer is whether he can be replaced by a better driver. The only driver doing well next to Verstappen was Ricciardo.

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            4 hours ago

            finally the big story arc completes and my boy ric is back in an RB

            but to be honest: i think they will and need to ask for sainz. he is and was in a great form, has good experience, and is (if the media speculation about him having an exit clause that he can leave if one of the big three teams ask him is true) a free agent.