1 April, 2021
Red Bull are satisfied with the job done by Sergio Perez in his debut for the team, at the 2021 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday, with hard to please Helmut Marko impressed by the veteran.
No one expects the Mexican to match the exceptional pace of Max Verstappen, few if any can, and that’s not his job. The experience Red Bull has tapped into was about having stability in the second car, with solid points on a regular basis and not the kindergarten they were running last year.
And that’s exactly what Checo delivered on Sunday night at Sakhir. After a botch up in qualy dropped him to 11th on the grid, then the system crash on the warm-up lap which relegated him to a pitlane start, the stage was set to reveal if Red Bull’s new man could deliver on what he was hired to do.