Sergio Perez’s future at Red Bull is clearly at stake now, with reports indicating it is quite probable that the Mexican will be dropped from the team less than six months after signing an extended deal.
The 2024 season has been an extraordinarily difficult one for Perez, who finds himself eighth in the standings, a staggering 300 points behind his teammate, Max Verstappen. Despite joining Red Bull with high hopes, Perez has been under increasing pressure because, as the team’s running closer performance slips to third in the Constructors’ Championship after successful seasons by the Ferrari and McLaren teams, speculation about his future has only increased.
In an exclusive report by ESPN, it has now been said that Perez is going to lose his seat for the 2025 season with Lawrence Red Bull’s sensational young talent Liam Lawson, who is expected to take his spot alongside Verstappen as he steers into the upcoming campaign.
However, the post of Los Angeles native with the social media handle on 29 September is now threatening him. In the midst of backlash from a not-so-good run, Perez Reposted a video clip from The Wolf of Wall Street stating “I’m not leaving” by the character played by Leonardo DiCaprio, along with Sorry and six laughing emojis.
Then, it could have meant bold defiance against the rumors surrounding his future. But in the present, with his exit from Red Bull glimmering in the near future, it sounds eerily prophetic-and maybe somewhat ironic as well. What once sounded like just a mischievous bragging has turned into an unintended admission of the dubious future that awaits him in Formula 1.