{"id":27087,"date":"2024-11-24T05:21:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T10:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=27087"},"modified":"2024-11-24T05:21:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T10:21:11","slug":"helmut-marko-critical-of-sergio-perez-after-vegas-gp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/11\/24\/helmut-marko-critical-of-sergio-perez-after-vegas-gp\/","title":{"rendered":"Helmut Marko critical of Sergio Perez after Vegas GP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Max Verstappen claimed a fourth World Championship in Las Vegas, teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/10\/30\/f1-news-red-bull-can-only-do-so-much-to-keep-perez\/\" target=\"_self\">Sergio Perez<\/a> could only manage 10th place. From Helmut Marko&#8217;s perspective, Red Bull need a driver that can be closer to Verstappen.<\/p>\n<h2>Marko: A disappointment to miss out on the constructors<\/h2>\n<p>With reports that Red Bull are cooling on their interest in Franco Colapinto, the question is whether they are willing to promote their own drivers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/11\/23\/yuki-tsunoda-i-know-what-i-could-do-in-a-red-bull\/\" target=\"_self\">Yuki Tsunoda<\/a> continues to make a convincing case for himself, finishing ahead of Perez in Vegas to claim another points finish in P9.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, Tsunoda&#8217;s performances have been strong throughout the season &#8211; and Red Bull have been hesitant to promote him.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the Milton Keynes squad to overlook the Japanese driver.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Verstappen&#8217;s Championship triumph, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/10\/04\/tsunoda-receives-boost-from-helmut-marko-in-red-bull-chances\/\" target=\"_self\">Helmut Marko<\/a> makes clear that Red Bull need a stronger driver line-up.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We have to have two drivers who finish in the points,&#8221;<\/em> he told DAZN.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"A5tp6p8VQfVXS0eunTiRRA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2181978825\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'A5tp6p8VQfVXS0eunTiRRA',sig:'nT1WHr7SJv3jmoCNiN93wWP6m3qraznZ3dgJGCupYlU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2181978825',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Max is more than 200 points ahead of Sergio. For now, the main thing was to win the championship for Max.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;But for our employees it is a disappointment. Because they will not receive their bonuses, as they depend on our position in the constructors&#8217; championship.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;And there&#8217;s no chance we can win it.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Sergio Perez under mounting pressure<\/h4>\n<p>Ultimately, the situation at Red Bull and VCARB is fairly similar to what it was twelve months ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/11\/12\/sergio-perez-sponsors-could-help-secure-2025-red-bull-seat\/\" target=\"_self\">Sergio Perez<\/a> is still unable to secure strong results, failing to register a top 5 finish since the Miami GP. Red Bull&#8217;s deficit to McLaren in the standings (54 points) could have been prevented if Perez were close to optimising his machinery.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/11\/21\/tsunoda-ill-keep-destroying-teammates-until-i-get-red-bull-seat\/\" target=\"_self\">Yuki Tsunoda<\/a> and Liam Lawson are both showing immense speed this year &#8211; in addition to demonstrating clear potential for growth.<\/p>\n<p>Tsunoda in particular can be credited with a high-level campaign, leading the way for VCARB in their battle for 6th in the standings.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Horner&#8217;s reluctance to pull the trigger and put someone new alongside Max Verstappen has already cost Red Bull in the constructors title.<\/p>\n<p>Time will tell if they repeat this mistake for 2025 &#8211; a season likely to be more competitive at the front than this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Max Verstappen claimed a fourth World Championship in Las Vegas, teammate Sergio Perez could only manage 10th place. From Helmut Marko&#8217;s perspective, Red Bull need a driver that can be closer to Verstappen. Marko: A disappointment to miss out on the constructors With reports that Red Bull are cooling on their interest in Franco [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4927,"featured_media":27088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[2220,465,2403,78],"class_list":["post-27087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-formula-1","category-news","tag-2024-formula-1-season","tag-f1-news","tag-marko","tag-red-bull-racing"],"modified_by":"Jaden Diaz-Ndisang","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4927"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}