Why Red Bull is sure new Perez contract won't impact Max

We knew that Sergio Perez was already certain of his contract extension at Red Bull Racing on the Sunday of the Monaco Grand Prix, but Helmut Marko has now also revealed exactly when the Mexican driver signed. He also addresses the mistakes that Ferrari has made this season.

When did Perez sign new contract?

Red Bull is already on five season wins this season. Max Verstappen crossed the line the first four times, Perez once. The signatures of Red Bull and Perez were on paper on Friday. That seems to have given him wings. "On the Friday before the Monaco GP we renewed with him. In fact, he was extra motivated after that," Marko said.

The RB18 seems to suit Perez well, so Max Verstappen suddenly has a lot more competition from his own teammate this season. However, Marko is convinced that this will not make the reigning world champion do different things."Max remains calm, he has enough self-confidence, " he said. The Red Bull advisor also doesn't think it's going to become an internal problem between the two men.

Ferrari under pressure

Ferrari had the best papers in Monaco for a long time to win the Monte Carlo race, but when the track dried up, the problems started for the formation from Maranello. Österreich asked Marko how it was possible for Ferrari to suddenly make so many mistakes. "They are under pressure, which also makes it difficult for Leclerc, he also makes mistakes [because of that]. That's racing. In Monaco we forced Ferrari to react with our strategy and they reacted instinctively with a wrong choice."

At Ferrari, they put their hands up afterwards. They had not expected Perez to be so fast after his early pit stop and make up some nine seconds. It resulted in a very frustrated Leclerc, although the Monegasque refused to criticize his team in the interviews afterwards.