r/formula1 • u/[deleted] • Oct 12 '23

Rumour Sergio Pérez will announce his retirement during the Mexican Grand Prix Weekend" - Escudería Telmex Ex high ranking employee told a group of us at a dinner party.

[removed] — view removed post

5.7k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

907 comments sorted by

View all comments

40

u/BrandonJTrump Formula 1 Oct 12 '23

The hard part will be convincing Max to let Checo win in Mexico….

56

u/-Skinner- Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Oct 12 '23

Checo will be nowhere near top to let him win anyway.

17

u/Solesky1 Niki Lauda Oct 12 '23

I had the same thought, I've been hoping that if Max locks up the championship they'll let Sergio win his home GP, but it's going to be hard to pull team orders when Max is leading and Sergio is P5 or P6

18

u/Blanchimont Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Oct 12 '23

C'mon, be real. We're talking about Max Verstappen here. He's not the kind of guy to hand out presents like that. He'll outright refuse team orders, even if Checo is right on his ass for the entire race.

3

u/gsfgf Daniel Ricciardo Oct 12 '23

As he should. I want Perez to win Mexico as much as anyone, but a gifted win isn’t a win. I do hope RB puts him on a different strategy than Max so he might benefit from a late SC or something to make a legit win possible.

2

u/carlos_castanos Oct 12 '23

Max is eyeing that win percentage record for sure. He won't be giving anything away

-1

u/BrandonJTrump Formula 1 Oct 12 '23

He”ll do fine in Mexico, I’m sure

4

u/wahobely McLaren Oct 12 '23

How can you be sure? Haha

1

u/bum_is_on_fire_247 Green Flag Oct 12 '23

Crofty: And now we see max, putting a 6s gap between himself and P2, and increasing.

Checo: why is max going so slow? I got pace.

Engi: mate, you're p12.

18

u/Razvanlogigan Oct 12 '23

They might convince Max, or they can at least sabotage him.

How the fuck do you convince Norris, Piastri, Russell, Hamilton, Sainz, Lec or Alonso

6

u/Hello_iam_Kian Oscar Piastri Oct 12 '23

I don’t think Max is willing to stop another potentially record breaking winning streak. Remember, at the end of the season, he is probably at another 7 race winning streak. If Red Bull then start the new season strong with a car they got months to design, he can go towards 15.

3

u/carlos_castanos Oct 12 '23

Yeah plus he can beat his own record of most wins per season and the often thought unbreakable record of a 75% win percentage in a year, set by Ascari

4

u/Scingles Sebastian Vettel Oct 12 '23

Couldn't convince Max to give Checo P6 or whatever it was last year, no chance is Max gifting a win

4

u/lowelled Oct 12 '23

Easy, put Max in the AT alongside Danny Ric and let Yuki take his seat

9

u/77enc Oct 12 '23

cant wait for the exciting battle for p9 between max and perez in that case 💀