“Shows who he really is”: Perez attacks Verstappen

“This shows who he really is,” said the Mexican after the penultimate race of the season on Sunday in Brazil – and was visibly shaken. “After everything I've done for him, I'm obviously disappointed. I’ve done a lot for him in the past, that’s no secret.” He didn’t have an explanation for his teammate’s refusal.

Verstappen has long been confirmed as world champion, Perez is still fighting for the title of runner-up world champion. In the final phase of São Paulo, Verstappen overtook Perez in order to be able to catch up with Fernando Alonso in the Alpine and Charles Leclerc in the Ferrari. Perez was informed by the Red Bull box that he would get Verstappen's place back if the plan didn't work. “After everything I’ve done for him, I’m obviously disappointed.” Sergio Perez On the last lap, Verstappen, who was sixth, was told to let Perez, who was directly behind him, pass. “I told you last time not to ask me to do that again, okay?” said Verstappen over the team radio in the last few meters. “Are we clear about this? I gave my reasons and I stand by them.”

Verstappen (pictured) did Perez no favors in the World Championship fight. © APA/afp / MAURO PIMENTEL

Team boss Christian Horner apologized to Perez for this. “The drivers discussed this behind closed doors. Our goal for Abu Dhabi is for 'Checo' to get second place. “Max will do everything to achieve that,” announced Horner. "I gave my reasons for not doing it because of something that happened in the past." Max Verstappen Verstappen didn't want to elaborate after the race. “Of course I understand that 'Checo' is disappointed. But I also gave my reasons for not doing it because of something that happened in the past. That’s why we all sat down and talked about it,” said Verstappen before the last race of the season in the desert a week from now. “We're going to Abu Dhabi, they're tied on points, and if he needs help there to finish ahead of Charles, I'll help him.” Leclerc and Perez are tied in second place with 290 points each.

Past as a reason Verstappen's likely motivation is an incident in Monaco this year. Perez had a crash shortly before the end of qualifying, robbing Verstappen of the chance for pole position. Perez then won the race.

Perez has been driving for Red Bull since last year. At the 1 Formula 2021 final in Abu Dhabi, his bitter resistance against Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes ensured that Verstappen became world champion. “You are an absolute animal,” the Dutchman praised his selfless teammate at the time.

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“Shows who he really is”: Perez attacks Verstappen

The failure to support Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen at the São Paulo Grand Prix injured Red Bull driver Sergio Perez.

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