Sergio Perez has had a season to overlook, with the Mexican failing to complete on the rostrum since April, and calls have now sounded for him to get replaced with this four-time race winner
Purple Bull ought to exchange Sergio Perez with Carlos Sainz, says former Williams and McLaren driver Juan Pablo Montoya.
Being second fiddle to Max Verstappen is not any imply feat, however Perez has stalled to the top of this System One season, failing to assert a podium for the reason that Chinese language Grand Prix again in April – as his peer appears set to assert his fourth Drivers’ Championship.
Christian Horner and Purple Bull have stood agency when requested about the opportunity of changing the Mexican, nevertheless, these requires an ousting have change into louder and louder as Perez regularly disappoints, and so they might quickly change into too loud to disregard.
One man who has already begun such a cacophony, Montoya, believes Williams-bound Sainz is the proper driver for the job, and the well timed rise of Franco Colapinto, who at the moment races for the British outfit, might allow his proposal to achieve momentum.
“If I have been Horner, I’d go to Williams and inform them: ‘If you’re proud of Colapinto, hold him and provides me Carlos Sainz’,” Montoya instructed W Radio and AS Colombia.
Regardless of present Ferrari ace Sainz signing a multi-year take care of Williams, Montoya thinks the growing Colapinto might make this swap doable. Since his promotion in August, Colapinto has been performing effectively for Williams, changing Logan Sargeant, however because it stands, he will likely be with no seat subsequent 12 months because the staff have already confirmed Sainz and Alex Albon as their drivers.
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The Argentinian is reportedly in talks with Purple Bull, as they nonetheless want to verify their final driver who’ll race for sister staff RB, however Liam Lawson, who clashed with Perez in Mexico, seems to be main the working for that seat.
Montoya has an easy reply to the perplexing driver shuffle, nevertheless: tempt Sainz away from Williams, depart them with the gifted Colapinto and tackle Perez’s dilemma – an issue he believes will not be solved by hiring a novice, stories the Categorical.
“Why danger changing Checo [in the future], an skilled driver who has received races, to place a rookie subsequent to Max? Max doesn’t fail,” Montoya continued. “Figuring out Carlos, he could have instructed Williams that he has signed for them, but when he would not win or get podiums, he can depart if he receives one other supply.
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“[Red Bull] might inform Williams: ‘You possibly can lose Carlos now or in a 12 months. Now you’d have cash, in a 12 months you will not.’ That’s the transfer I’d make if I have been Purple Bull. I’d go for Carlos.”
But, Montoya acknowledged one vital hurdle on this daring technique: Perez himself. At 34, together with his contract at Purple Bull set till 2026, he would not be simply ousted.
“The issue is that Checo insists that he’ll proceed there, and I additionally consider that he’ll proceed on the grid subsequent 12 months; though I believe they need to get him out of there, I do not assume he’ll simply quit,” Montoya conceded. “Checo is being pushed to the restrict, it is not straightforward for him.
“He is in a horrible place as a result of I believe everybody desires him out. Whether or not he deserves it, I do not know. We do not know what occurs behind closed doorways, however lots of people are attempting to get one other driver in that automotive.”
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