{"id":488421,"date":"2024-12-02T13:24:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T17:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=488421"},"modified":"2024-12-02T13:24:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T17:24:23","slug":"sergio-perez-set-to-leave-red-bull-after-the-end-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/sergio-perez-set-to-leave-red-bull-after-the-end-of-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Sergio Perez set to leave Red Bull after the end of the season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sergio P\u00e9rez is reportedly set to part ways with Red Bull Racing at the conclusion of the 2024 Formula 1 season, according to sources cited by ESPN. The decision comes after prolonged speculation about P\u00e9rez\u2019s future, with team principal Christian Horner hinting at an imminent change following the Qatar Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 | Sergio Perez looks set to exit the Red Bull team after the season finale in Abu Dhabi<\/p>\n<p>The leading contenders for the seat are Kiwi driver Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/F1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#F1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AbuDhabiGP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#AbuDhabiGP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0kC3VN13Mz\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/0kC3VN13Mz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fastest Pitstop (@FastestPitStop) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FastestPitStop\/status\/1863513339848020222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When asked about P\u00e9rez\u2019s prospects, Horner remarked, \u201cI\u2019m going to let Checo come to his own conclusions; nobody\u2019s forcing him one way or another. It\u2019s not a nice situation for him to obviously be in.\u201d Discussions between P\u00e9rez, Horner, and Red Bull racing adviser Helmut Marko are scheduled for December 9, one day after the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>While P\u00e9rez\u2019s contract extension for 2025 prevents an outright dismissal, Red Bull reportedly plans to offer him an ambassadorial role, a path similar to the one Daniel Ricciardo declined when leaving the team in September. The move would allow Red Bull to restructure its lineup without a direct termination.<\/p>\n<p>Liam Lawson, who impressed during his stint replacing Ricciardo at the U.S. Grand Prix, is seen as the leading candidate to take P\u00e9rez\u2019s place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sergio P\u00e9rez is reportedly set to part ways with Red Bull Racing at the conclusion of the 2024 Formula 1 season, according to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":488422,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17680,16922,17768],"news_category":[16921,16715],"gn_keywords":[17958,19064,1081],"acf":{"announce":"Although the Mexican recently renewed his contract, ESPN reports he will be released after Abu Dhabi","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/488421"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488421"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/488421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":488423,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/488421\/revisions\/488423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488421"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=488421"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=488421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}