{"id":23507,"date":"2022-05-31T12:04:08","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T16:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=23507"},"modified":"2022-05-31T12:04:08","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T16:04:08","slug":"1136023_red-bull-racing-extends-sergio-perez-s-f1-contract-through-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=23507","title":{"rendered":"Red Bull Racing extends Sergio Perez&#8217;s F1 contract through 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh off the Mexican driver&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1136011_2022-f1-monaco-grand-prix-results\">victory at the Monaco Grand Prix<\/a>, Red Bull Racing on Tuesday announced a two-year contract extension for Sergio Perez.<\/p>\n<p>The deal means Perez will continue to partner reigning Formula One champion Max Verstappen through 2024. Verstappen is contracted to Red Bull through 2028.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am so proud to be a member of this team and I feel completely at home here now,&#8221; Perez said in a statement. &#8220;My relationship with Max, on and off the track, is definitely helping drive us forward even more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper first_wrapper\" readability=\"7\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100794573_m\" title=\"Red Bull Racing's Sergio Perez at the 2021 Formula One Azerbaijan Grand Prix\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"Red Bull Racing's Sergio Perez at the 2021 Formula One Azerbaijan Grand Prix\" width=\"640\" height=\"413\" class=\"first_image lazy\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"661\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/red-bull-racings-sergio-perez-at-the-2021-formula-one-azerbaijan-grand-prix_100794573_l.jpg\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/red-bull-racings-sergio-perez-at-the-2021-formula-one-azerbaijan-grand-prix_100794573_l.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/red-bull-racings-sergio-perez-at-the-2021-formula-one-azerbaijan-grand-prix_100794573_l.jpg\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/red-bull-racings-sergio-perez-at-the-2021-formula-one-azerbaijan-grand-prix_100794573_l.jpg\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/red-bull-racings-sergio-perez-at-the-2021-formula-one-azerbaijan-grand-prix_100794573_m.jpg\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/red-bull-racings-sergio-perez-at-the-2021-formula-one-azerbaijan-grand-prix_100794573_s.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Red Bull Racing&#8217;s Sergio Perez at the 2021 Formula One Azerbaijan Grand Prix<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Perez currently sits third in the F1 driver&#8217;s championship standings with 110 points after seven races. In addition to the Monaco win, he&#8217;s achieved three podium finishes and a pole position at the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>Perez joined Red Bull for the 2021 F1 season, initially on a single-season contract, after he was replaced at Racing Point by Sebastian Vettel, ahead of that team&#8217;s rebranding as Aston Martin. He took his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1130546_perez-secures-maiden-formula-one-win-at-2020-sakhir-grand-prix\">maiden F1 win<\/a> just before signing with Red Bull at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>His debut season with Red Bull included a second victory <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1132491_2021-formula-one-azerbaijan-grand-prix-results\">at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix<\/a> and four other podium finishes. He finished fourth in the 2021 driver&#8217;s championship with 190 points.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100828775_m\" title=\"2022 Red Bull Racing RB18 Formula One race car\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"2022 Red Bull Racing RB18 Formula One race car\" width=\"640\" height=\"434\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"694\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2022-red-bull-racing-rb18-formula-one-race-car_100828775_l.jpg\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/2022-red-bull-racing-rb18-formula-one-race-car_100828775_h.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2022-red-bull-racing-rb18-formula-one-race-car_100828775_l.jpg\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2022-red-bull-racing-rb18-formula-one-race-car_100828775_l.jpg\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/2022-red-bull-racing-rb18-formula-one-race-car_100828775_m.jpg\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/2022-red-bull-racing-rb18-formula-one-race-car_100828775_s.jpg\" class=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>2022 Red Bull Racing RB18 Formula One race car<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Prior to joining Red Bull, Perez developed a reputation as a consistent performer who could make the most of lower-level cars. He joined F1 in 2011 with Sauber, managing 10 podium finishes and the single victory at the Sakhir Grand Prix before joining Red Bull.<\/p>\n<p>The energy-drink-backed team has had a strong 2022 season so far. It&#8217;s currently leading the constructor&#8217;s standings, while Verstappen is leading the driver&#8217;s championship. Red Bull is now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1130091_f1-engine-freeze-means-red-bull-racing-can-continue-with-honda-power-until-2025\">manufacturing its own power units<\/a> instead of sourcing them from previous partner Honda. The design is the same as the 2021 power unit, and is licensed to Red Bull from Honda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh off the Mexican driver&#8217;s victory at the Monaco Grand Prix, Red Bull Racing on Tuesday announced a two-year contract extension for Sergio Perez. The deal means Perez will continue to partner reigning Formula One champion Max Verstappen through 2024. Verstappen is contracted to Red Bull through 2028. &#8220;I am so proud to be a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}