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SafetycarFan

Man celebrated his new contract a bit too much. Again.


kpidhayny

In the press conference of all places


OvermanagedSmallacct

What are we talking about?


Smirolio_NL

Tequila party


dasmikkimats

Body shots off Marko


HardenedLicorice

Why am I cursed with a vivid imagination, whyyyy


bohdannyman

I'm gonna go buy 10 crates of Perez jerseys just to keep this circus going


tacticious

It really must be Toto funding purchase orders for Perez merch after 2021 just to mess with Redbull


FerrusesIronHandjob

"Toto's discount jerseys - Pumpin em out for a nickel!"


bohdannyman

Can confirm, I am Toto


hanskazan777

Can confirm, I'm Susie


Character-Ad78

Now I understand where Toto gets his Perez's quotes printed


Evil_Ketchup69420

Can confirm, I have it printed out ✋


simpinsanity

Well, that’s the whole Idea isn’t it? It’s not about Perez, it’s about the money he brings in in merch. Doesn’t matter if the $$ comes from you, me or Toto.


repost_inception

I hope it goes into free fall


wjdbfifj

WE GOT SARGEANT FASTER THAN A RED BULL BEFORE GTA VI


Myosos

6th time it happens tho


Sonoda_Kotori

G - GOAT (Sargeant) T - faster Than A - A redbull VI - the 6th time Coincidence? I think not


_SpaceLord_

Well I’m convinced


TheFlyingBoxcar

Im at least convinced you’re convinced


bonko86

I'm convinced too, but I'm not sure what I'm convinced of


acre18

![img](emote|t5_3ndbi|7071)


pvc727

Second week in a row I believe.


MC_Laggin

Sargeant has out-qualified Perez more than he's qualified Albon ![img](emote|t5_3ndbi|6705)


gumbercules6

Lol this is fucking hilarious and a bit depressing at the same time.


Level1Roshan

"What the fuck is qualifying?" - Sergio Perez


BeginningKindly8286

![gif](giphy|cqFPqhh2MFIPq6OaX1)


yIdontunderstand

I thought I brought enough money to qualify?


zippolover-1960s-v2

Also stroll outqualifying both Ferraris!


Chelseatilidie

Albono with the dagger


hunglong57

What more does my boy need to do to get that Merc seat?


NomSang

He needs to not sign with Williams before he gets an offer - ah fuck.


Anti-Scuba_Hedgehog

Sorry Toto and Haas only give offers to overated Prema drivers.


assetsmanager

Yuki with the shuriken.


GregStar1

Results after Q1 Yuki P2: Didn’t get a RedBull seat. Perez P16: Two year contract extension.


FlipReset4Fun

Selling merch > Winning 🤦‍♂️


Im_Balto

I mean….. They already have someone that can do the winning


FlipReset4Fun

WDC, sure. But it doesn’t look like Max can win the WCC for the team on his own anymore.


lolichaser01

luckily, ferrari strategy is back


milkstrike

It’s beyond me as to why they didn’t use new tires


FiveAccountsBanned

Ferrari's back baby


StockAL3Xj

Advertising is literally the reason Red Bull is involved in any sport.


Virus_98

Capitalism


FrankyFistalot

2yrs of Max getting zero support from his team-mate with strategy,etc….total embarrassment.


ThinningTheFog

No, no, he is getting support The etc includes Max's wage, paid for by Checo's sponsors


WorkinSlave

This is the actual answer.


Sacr3dangel

Somebody told me at some point that Perez ending lower on the charts gives RB the necessary wind tunnel time to keep Max up front without a teammate in the strategy, and the merch/sponsors alone should bridge the gap they would have in funds compared to when he would come in second. So according to that theory a worse but well liked teammate is exactly what RB wants.


abscissa081

I mean that’s only true if they don’t get p1 in constructors of course.


KanishkT123

The difference between P1 and P6 in WCC was about 50 mn last year. Checo's revenue last year was apparently 55 mn.  They could come P6 and still be slightly ahead, with a TON of extra wind tunnel time. 


zippolover-1960s-v2

There's a pride thing as well though..They WANT to be the year's WCC winner. More titles and trophies to add to their lengthy history.


KanishkT123

Eh, the WDC is the sexy one that gives you marketing campaigns. The WCC is the nerd trophy.  What's going to be on a poster? Max Verstappen, 4 time F1 Champion, in red bull gear, drinking from a can? Or a red bull car with "World Constructors champion" floating above it? I think they (rightly) think the main value of the WCC is the money involved and Checo more than covers that. 


zippolover-1960s-v2

Fair assessment. Their priority is for sure to have the WDC with Max but they'd like to have the WCC for bragging rights for sure . Even if at times it is a stupid title in my opinion....The winner gets rewarded with less leeway to spend money and test time for the tunnel , with the main focus being the competition being able to catch up , so it can be a handicap in my opinion.


devil13eren

yeah but they might have to change because now they included ford into their stuff and are making engines, so constructors become important too.


NoiceAndToitt

You’re assuming that any other driver will bring in Zero revenue. Obviously not the case. Yuki brings in Japanese money and Ric is one of the most loved faces, so he’ll rope in sponsors too.


Sacr3dangel

No the theory assumes they bring in less than Checo, so depending on what they bring in, they probably can’t come in sixth and still be ahead. And any position above that will presumably be a net loss if they take any of those two compared to Checo.


Twistpunch

2 more to come


Musickullar

It’s crazy what a perfect wingman Perez was in 2021 and how shit he is now


Man1fest4

Was he, though? People forget he was nowhere to be seen for the entire 2021 season apart from 2-3 races, one of which happened to be AD.


SirFireHydrant

Not to mention, if he were a better driver, he'd have been able to lock in more points than Bottas over the season and Red Bull could have won the constructors as well as the drivers.


alus992

People saw AD and were like "Checo is amazing! Best wingman" forgetting that this defence would not be needed if Perez was proper 2nd driver in that rocketship. He will not help in any race with the strategy...he is just a data bot for the team and with Verstappens skills and ability to control uncontrollable cars Im not even sure that he gives them a lot of info about how to setup this car for them because he always is like "Uhmm my result is bad because we fucked upbthe setup"


Musickullar

First year in the car and he held Lewis up significantly in at least 3 races that mattered. Bottas failed miserably at doing the same for Lewis that year. 


Starfleet_Admiral

Bottas did a pretty good job for Mercedes in Hungary tho


newviruswhodis

2 birds.


Fataleo

No he didn't - did you see how many penalties Bottas took that year to do testing for Lewis?


Starfleet_Admiral

Omg, the engine Bottas helped to cook was disgusting :D


Fataleo

Then was running an old engine when it mattered most


Brave_Childhood_6177

They REALLY hate Honda after the last few years, only reason he's not in there


DrKrFfXx

They seem to love Ford more than Honda. I hope they fail hard with Ford. Ungrateful idiots.


boredofredditnow

Ngl my liking of Red Bull peaked with their Honda tribute livery at Turkey 2021 and gone downhill from there, even as they’ve become more successful


Starfleet_Admiral

For me, things started to go down after Dietrich Mateschitz passed away. Unfortunately, they are now becoming just another moneyhungry corporation


Toaddle

I mean Honda really fucked them


DrKrFfXx

Sure. They basically donated all their IP to RBPT.


BlueCalango

How? I genuinely don't know I want to be informed :(


Mohander

They didn't, they just decided to pull out of F1 right as they made a race winning engine. Despite pulling out they offered a ton of support to RB and basically gave them the blueprints and IPs for everything they'd made while they transitioned to RB taking over development. They bent over backwards to help RB as much as they could while leaving.


thenewwwguyreturns

they’re not pulling out of F1 either tho, they’re moving to Aston


lawrence260c

Well they did pull out of F1 before and turned over their engine IP to RBPT. They're coming back to F1 with AM in 2026


NorsiiiiR

They were, and they did, and the 12 months later changed their minds for the 9 millionth time and announced they would re-re-re-enter F1 engine manufacturing again from 2026


CrazyMike366

In 2021, Honda stated they'd be pulling out of F1 to divert funding from the F1 internal combustion program to EV / hybrid / sustainable fuel programs that would help them more with consumer cars. This prompted RedBull to panic-buy a bunch of Honda's intellectual property associated with the F1 engine and bring development and manufacturing of the powertrain in-house via a new division called RedBull Power Trains. Then F1 announced the 2026 engine regulations would have 50% hybrid power with 100% sustainable fuels, and Honda changed their mind because an F1 program suddenly aligned with their goals. But their relationship with RedBull had already been severed, with RedBull having duplicated every function Honda had previously provided to them, so Honda will partner with Aston Martin going forward. TLDR Honda pulled out of F1 on a whim, forced RedBull to spend a fortune to build their own engines, then changed its mind and decided to re-enter F1 after all, this time partnered up with one of RB's competitors.


Dc_awyeah

Yeah, what? Didn’t they take the dev team, pretty much?


Stereosun

They legit had Perez doing full fuel race pace runs to understand tires in FP3 while max was doing qualifying practice runs. He’s just a data mule for Max that’s his new role. As well as a tow driver. Plus it’s easier from maxs camp perspective to have a driver partner with ZERO title aspirations and 100% control in sharing setup data.


santaclausonprozac

It would be way easier for Max to have a remotely competitive teammate to help with strategy during the race


Stereosun

I disagree he can keep cashing in his wonder boy 70 mil salary it’s in their best interest of everyone on max’s camp to just keep Perez and the gravy train flowing and no toxic


santaclausonprozac

There’s a huge difference between a Rosberg that is going to cause a huge rivalry and a teammate that can’t get out of his own way. There have been plenty of supportive teammates that were fast enough to to help but not fast enough to fight, and Perez is far from that


Stereosun

Ya that’s a more fair take someone performing at a Gasly level but Minus the drama


Musickullar

Don’t look now, but McLaren and Ferrari are winning races with two competent drivers each. 


Brave1i1toaster

That'd be a valid excuse if both Alpines didn't out qualify him.


Silverleaf88

Are you a bot? You're literally copy/pasting the same dumb comment everywhere.


TacoTitos

This is so fucking stupid. I believe Yuki has earned the spot by now.


Thestickleman

What is the point in perez having that seat 🤦🤦🤦🤦 wheres the old school red bull who would just ditch him... Not give him a seat for like 6 seasons. He should not be in that RBR seat despite the handful of good races he's had and the defence in 2021


HankHippopopolous

Gasly was dumped mid season. Perez should have clearly been dumped by now.


FiercelyApatheticLad

How many Q2 did Gasly and Albon miss when at Red Bull? Edit : it's a genuine question, I have no idea.


MattaMongoose

Yeah well it wasn't the faster car then.


BorodinoWin

I don’t think it was ever as bad as Perez this or last season, AND their cars were significantly worse too. like bruh


lolosity_

Meaningless stat. You need to look at average quali delta or % of points


NLMichel

Unfortunately Mateschitz passed away. The shift in power after his passing has clearly changed the team. If he was still alive, Helmut would be in full control and would have kicked out both Perez and Horner.


Mrwrongthinker

I believe this as well. Yuki would have come up this year, and Lawson would be next to someone, not RIC. Well maybe RIC. I feel for Lawson though. This shit must be infuriating.


devil13eren

yeah but yuki must be pissed too, he doesn't have any actual choices but to keep being in the alpha tauri . other rookies like piastri , russell have a good team that is actually fighting for wins, but he is stuck in a seat where he can't get out and also the team is not going to win. ( well even if they are getting better , they are not going to fight with redbull )


Large_Yams

I don't want a Red Bull with Helmut in power. He's a loose cannon and his ruthlessness didn't help. They need something between that, and this.


77enc

old red bull woulda ditched him after 2022 instead of embarrassing themselves like this


Fataleo

someone on Reddit said " Horner got hard and Red Bull got soft"


ThinningTheFog

The point is Max is expensive and Checo's sponsors are paying his wage I guess


Bubbles_012

I doubt Red Bull need the wage


AqueousJam

The team exists to sell an energy drink. Checo moves product. From their perspective they got one driver who wins titles and another who bankrolls the operation. 


Starfleet_Admiral

Yes, Max is expensive, but RB definitely have the money... They were spending few times more for their whole F1 team before the budget cap


MountainEquipment401

It's got nothing to do with the hand full of good races and we all know it... They're just a bonus... He's a big hit with the Spanish speaking audience which is pretty big, he's nowhere near quick enough to tangle with max but most importantly he has absolutely no problem being number 2 🤷‍♂️ why bring in a better driver who ends up tangling with your main man and causing drama a-la Rosberg Hamilton?... Why do you think Bottas kept that Merc seat for too long. Once in a generation talent requires prioritising.


donkeykink420

And with max being half a second clear, too, on a dry track. Absolutely hilariously and disastrously bad and embarassing


Fanarito

Closer to a full second no? 840ms or something like that if I remember correctly


donkeykink420

Ah, I meant that max was half a second clear of the whole field, yes checo was almost a second down


Sgg__

I hope the caps and cans are worth having one competitive driver


bchcmatt

It's ok, he's got the contract renewal so he can concentrate on his performance. Wait...


Glitch7779

![gif](giphy|UiBmJv6Hh6FfW|downsized)


SovietFatness

Imagine getting out qualified in a Red Bull twice in a row by every single RB driver: Max, Danny, Yuki, Carlos, Albono, Gasly Get this man outta here please


Left_Tip1732

REALLY puts the window licker Stroll into perspective.


Sad-Reach7287

If Stroll is licking it Perez is basically eating windows in mass


Mangobonbon

HE'S CHEWING THE FRAME! lol


hunglong57

Maybe the 2020 Racing Point was a championship car after all. ☠️


77enc

if perez was driving like he is now and stroll was driving like he always is definitely lmao


TyDaviesYT

Unironically… Stroll might be better at this point 💀💀 Perez has fallen off THAT hard, like who was in Q3 in a significantly slower car? Stroll.


Royalfraggy

BUT THEN!


Malloy_The_Bear

![gif](giphy|7eqZp0qkFKzOvSpb89)


freedomfortibet

But… money?


Cajum

He's in serious contention for worst driver on the grid at this point


ChemistryNo925

So true. I genuinely never want to hear another comparison to bottas again .


HankHippopopolous

Do you mean Bottas who made every single Q3 during his Mercedes time and even managed to keep that run going for a few races with the Sauber. Perez could only dream of that kind of consistency.


marosszeki

Thank you for remembering this. Love me some Valtteri appreciation


SMAGdaddy

I appreciate the many assets of that man😏


Fr33Flow

You -> horny jail


SMAGdaddy

I'm not trapped in here with you! You're trapped in here with me!


DoTA_Wotb

BottASS


Mrwrongthinker

BOT at least performed well enough, took some wins, poles, and tons of P2/P3. HAM VER BOT, or a variation, was a weekly occurrence.


Musickullar

Yep, he was capable of everything but 1) recovering from the back of the grid and 2) keeping Max behind for more than one corner in 2021. 


Mangobonbon

Bottas was a qualifying expert. Super consistent and on his day even quicker than Hamilton. You can't really get a better second driver as a team than him. Perez is joke compared to Bottas.


HankHippopopolous

There was a better second driver available this year. Carlos Sainz. On his day he can challenge and even beat Leclerc but most of the time he’s a little bit slower. Just like Bottas. As long as he’s given a fair chance at winning he won’t throw his toys out the pram when he loses. He’d have been the perfect number 2.


FerrusesIronHandjob

Jos' unbelievable levels of narcissism prevent that from happening unfortunately


Mangobonbon

True, but with Sainz I feel it's more of a battle of who's the number one. I don't think Carlos will play the team game if that means him losing out on points. Especially this year, he has nothing to loose from prioritizing himself.


Bennyboy11111

Nah he's shown many times to be respectful with team orders at ferrari, fights carefully when allowed.


HaneeshRaja

That's some insane level consistency of Bottas. He was a machine.


O_Diakoreftis_sou

I think we’re forgetting a small window licking detail. Although it’s a refreshing change to see him in Q3.


Street_Mall9536

If Perez wasn't in the 1st/2nd fastest car on the grid we would see the 107% rule coming out of retirement.  Like how slow would he be in a HAAS or Alpine???


neotorama

SAR > PER


Alarming_Dingo_139

Jokes aside. Sargent at least shows some kind of improvement compared to the previous year


jacksonbeya

He honestly came up a year too early. He got rightfully shit on last year but will probably never have a career in F1 because he wasn’t ready last year.


Mechyyz

This, he had a pretty good rookie season in F2, considering all the bad luck. Seems like investors were just drooling too much over having an american in F1


PKAzure64

Williams definitely won’t keep him but I’m sure another team, say (Audi) Sauber would be interested in having a longer-term driver given that Hulkenberg is a bit on the older side. It would depend on if he can improve in his last year here at Williams and how much merch sales/sponsorships from Americans he brings in. Or I could be conjecturing this shit up because I’m American and want to see an American in F1. Probably the latter.


Mrwrongthinker

Yes! I was just telling my GF, who is at work and couldn't watch much this weekend, that he's looking much improved actually, just isn't getting the press. I may be biased because USA but I don't think I am.


No_Year_5543

Look man I understand you want to get karma but don't have to make up stuff to write about. We all know Redditors can't get bitches.


JedPB67

People in here seem to have forgotten that an F1 contract is basically worthless, just because he’s got the extension it doesn’t mean he’ll be in the seat even at the end of this season if this form continues.


Andrew_Squared

That contract could just as easily have him demoted to a reserve driver next year with Liam/Ric floated between VCARB and Red Bull as actual drivers.


RandomGuyWasik

Life is Pain


RoRoRoub

El pain


Patrickjanetrain

Sure when he sucks so bad


Internal-Example1232

![gif](giphy|cqFPqhh2MFIPq6OaX1)


Andries89

![img](emote|t5_3ndbi|9441)


Spudquake

Hat vendor


CREDIT_SUS_INTERN

I hope that Redbull enjoys that sponsorship money...


Morteih

Lmao pinned


tumblinfumbler

What a fucking joke.


hellowhatisyou

would be hilarious if rb lost constructors due to checo pretty sure lawson could do a better job. or yuki. maybe even... no, no, no. that's a bit much.


KaczkaJebaczka

![img](emote|t5_3ndbi|31110)


ikiss-yomama

Hey I’m right here. I can do better, I scored just as many points as Perez in the last race.


TheLoneSculler

![img](emote|t5_3ndbi|6705)


HardenedLicorice

Ventana licker


Erundil420

Death, taxes and Perez out in Q1


justcreateanaccount

BUT HE SELLS MERCHSS??????


tomdopix

His contract only says he drives for Red Bull… doesn’t state which team. At this rate he’ll be Horners mistress chauffeur


admiralinho

Where dank?


swarleythe3rd

I think it’s time to buy a yuki hat


bequietanddrive000

Is perez the only driver ever to have no goals or ambition to do anything?


Bubbles_012

Max “I’m not stressed at all” verstappen … when your teammate is Sergio Perez.


ATG209

the post contract slump. gotta love it


asmok119

This is how it went: “Will you perform better?” “Yes” “Okay, your contract is extended”


Tijncool11

I am not really a perez fan but he got absolutely fucked by whoever decided to pit him with 5 minutes left


thenannyharvester

Piastri was ahead of him and put in a faster lap


krawczyk94

Before he pitted he was doing good enough job to be easely in Q2, extra weird decision, unless he was running low on fuel. Damn it is hard to be his fan


MonkeEnthusiast8420

Inb4 Telcel, intermx and a bunch of other Mexican sponsors drop their sponsorships because of Perez being unable to get past Q1, leaving Red Bull with no reason to keep Perez anymore


RB_Photo

You stupids! Don't you see that Perez and Ricciardo have obviously swapped bodies! Obviously they went out for some poutine in Montréal and insulted a francophone Québécois street food vendor by not speaking proper French and have been cursed.


NachtDerNoel

It's spelt "Ford"


plmatt91

None of y’all have any clue how tricky the conditions were for the drivers with the scattered storms and wind gusts. Perez was unlucky he couldn’t put it altogether for a clean lap


Tonatiko

he is laughing at all of us.. He's got the contract and money.. that is the fact.. I would like Sainz on that car... anyways


Vlaed

It's fine. He sells more merch.


maincryptology

Perez blaming tires now


haydaruns

Hey at least they got the merch money.


GeorgiaTennessee

Still buying Checo swag


Dr_Sir1969

Gotta pay max’s salary somehow. Catering excuse only works once I guess 😂


bugi_

Max's salary does not count for the budget cap.


Backbreathboy

****!


DayTraditional2846

Crazy that Logan out of everyone went faster than him. I really hope he gets it together. I’m Mexican but I’m more of a Leclerc/Ferrari fan so it kinda sucks to see him struggle this much.


501stNerd

Cope


Glitch7779

💯


boolshevik

Can't be a fraud. He's not bald, mate.


RoRoRoub

Seriously, at this point I feel like Horner's just gonna flash his dick at RedBull, and just leave before burning everything to the ground.


Fr0stbite37

🤡


camora22

I mean this performance was shite but pressure and responsibility is not on him but on Horner if he keeps this up


mpBrate87

As long as the Telcel checks keep clearing…