I don’t have that clause,” he said to Melbourne’s media. “I’m not aware of any restriction in Max’s contract. It would be best if you asked him.
“As far as I’m aware, Max is totally committed to the team and has a contract with them. I don’t think I should remark on the rest. It is unrelated to me. I’m concentrating on my choices and the tasks at hand. Furthermore, I don’t see the need for us to be discussing other drivers when we don’t have all the information.
When asked how Verstappen’s departure would effect the team environment, Perez said it would be “a blow.”
The Red Bull driver is back in Melbourne, where he had a terrible weekend the previous year, coming off at the right-hander, repeatedly going wide at turn three, and eventually not making it to Q2. It turned out to be the first of many unfavorable weekends for Perez, who quickly drifted apart from teammate Max Verstappen during the title match.
Despite losing to Verstappen in the first two rounds, he has come back to Albert Park this weekend with confidence.
He declared today, “I’m really happy with the first two races, especially with the progress we made after the first one.” We seem to be moving at a fairly strong pace as a team.
“We have a good knowledge of most things that
