Red Bull boss Christian Horner gave words about Sergio Perez they hunted for years to accompany the winning over rivals Mercedes.
The Austrian team was gradually approaching a successful end of the year with their duo at their best at Mexican GP on Sunday.
“Checo is in very good shape in the last few races and he presents us with many more options. He is very focused on what he can do with the car, he always asks and I must say that he is the best teammate we have had in the team,” Horner said.
The host driver had 10 laps to remember after catching up with Lewis Hamilton, the seven-time Grand Circus champion who seeks to be the top winner in history. Horner did not fail to shock the work of Verstappen’s teammate.
“We had good places today. Checo was very close in the last laps and ran very well. Lewis found traffic and Checo was very close in the last 10 laps. It was a good race for him,” Horner said.
Verstappen starts in the first place of the classification with 312.5 units, while Perez maintains the fourth place for his 185 points. There are still four races to go and it is not the time to stop pushing at each corner of what is missing from Formula 1.
“There is a long way to go, there are many points left and we have to do what we are doing, attack every week. You can see what it means for the whole team. To be one point behind in the championship is very good.” Horner said.
“Today was a very good day. It was a good job from Max. We worked the stop well and it was very fast. Max controlled the race and it was very good. We did not expect this because of yesterday,” he added.
