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Sergio Perez on Red Bull stint with Max Verstappen: ‘It was the worst job in F1’

Summary by The Independent
The 35-year-old Mexican driver was Verstappen’s teammate for four years before being dropped in 2024

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MEXICO CITY.- In the world of Formula 1, sitting in the second seat of Red Bull Racing has historically been one of the most ungrateful tasks on the grid. However, no one had expressed it so harshly as Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez. The Mexican driver, who recently left the team, launched a phrase that has resounded: “Being a partner of Max Verstappen in Red Bull is the worst job there is in the F1.” Czecho Pérez’s statements not only point to Dutch’s ma…

Sergio Pérez, the Mexican F1 driver who was in Red Bull and finished the championship of 2023 as runner-up, has said that being a teammate with Max Verstappen is "the worst job that exists in Formula 1." Pérez has spoken in Cracks Podcast (via EFE), explaining his difficulties to compete with Max Verstappen in a team that clearly prioritized Max. "The first time I sat with Christian (Horner, former head of Red Bull), told me: 'We're going to run…

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The Washington Post broke the news in on Monday, January 5, 2026.
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