RBR ultimatum: If Perez doesn't finish the WDC in #2, Ricciardo gets the seat in 2024.
Mesmo com contrato renovado, mexicano corre sério risco de sair da equipe. Movimentação abriria vaga para Liam Lawson na AlphaTauri. Helmut Marko, consultor, também está na berlinda
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Sergio Pérez's underwhelming performance in Formula 1 in 2023 has exhausted RBR's patience. After his latest - and terrible - results, the Mexican has been given an ultimatum by the Austrian team, sources exclusively told GE.globo: either he tries to secure the runner-up spot in the last five races of this year or he will be out of the team next season. If he doesn't meet the target set by Christian Horner's team, his replacement is already set: it will be 34-year-old Australian Daniel Ricciardo, who returned to F1 this year with AlphaTauri in place of Dutchman Nyck de Vries, who was sacked before the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Even with the best car on the grid this year, Pérez's runner-up position is in extreme danger at the moment. The Mexican is only 30 points ahead of Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton, who is third in the Drivers' World Championship. And it's worth remembering that the seven-time champion hasn't won a race in 2023, but has scored points in every race weeken