Marko critical of Perez: ‘He completely collapsed’

Helmut Marko has indicated several times that Sergio Perez's seat will be discussed on the Monday after the Belgian Grand Prix. The Mexican has been widely criticised for not performing well enough on track. Perez started Sunday's race from P2 but finished P8, which became P7 after George Russell's disqualification. The top advisor was not happy with the Mexican's result.

"Sergio had the chance to get a good result from second place. Unfortunately, that was not the case. Especially in the last stint he completely collapsed, where he set lap times of 1:48. What looked so positive in qualifying unfortunately did not come out during the race," the Red Bull Racing advisor told Sky Sports Germany.

"For us, the situation is such that we are also already going through the overall situation for 2025. We have a number of drivers and we have a draft. But of course every result is important for Sergio (Perez), and eighth place from second on the grid is certainly not what we expected," Marko concluded.

The 81-year-old Austrian already said Hungary that a meeting is scheduled on the Monday after the race at Spa-Francorchamps to discuss Perez's performance. It seems that a decision on the remainder of the season will also follow.