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The rumour was that F1 stepped in to stop them firing him before the Mexican GP as it would hurt ticket sales. Given Red Bull’s normally brutal approach to cutting dead wood, I can believe it.

Definitely a shame for Perez as it’s not like he’s the worst driver on the grid, but he’s definitely lost what he had and probably won’t be surprised to have lost his seat.

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He didn’t lose anything he was never good enough for that seat to be honest. It’s more evident now because the car is shite compared to previous seasons. He only ended up second last season because the car was dominant. But look at the 2023 race results and you can see that he just can’t keep up. With such a dominant car he should’ve finished every race right behind Max. But for the 19 P1 finishes of Max he only had 4 P2 finishes and that’s not including sprint races.

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He was able to beat Verstappen on quite a few occasions before so he’s definitely lost something since then

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I have trouble believing that rumour, how would the FOM even find out before it’s too late?

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They hear the rumours too, I guess

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But why would RB even listen to them? As if they care about how well the Mexico GP sells. They care about their team’s performance.

Idk, this is one of those rumours where any bit of critical thinking points to it not being true. Not saying it’s your fault or anything.

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