Brown: "Unfortunate, because of the two drivers he’s the higher performing driver"

CEO of McLaren Zak Brown says Sergio Perez's exit from Racing Point is unfortunate because the Mexican outperforms Lance Stroll. Perez will no longer be part of the team from next year when Racing Point goes under the Aston Martin name.

Brown would have liked to have seen Perez driving for Aston Martin next year: "I think it’s unfortunate that he lost his seat because of the two drivers he’s the higher performing driver. But as we know his father doesn’t own the the racing team so when they wanted to bring in Sebastian Vettel, it was clear that Perez was going to be the guy to go", said Brown to RaceFans.net.

Opportunities in IndyCar

However, Brown is confident that Perez will stay in Formula 1. "I think he’ll probably end up in Formula 1, is my guess, at either Haas or Alfa Romeo,” said Brown. “But if he had an interest in IndyCar, I think he’s a great race car driver and we definitely be interested in talking to him."

McLaren, who now have a team in IndyCar, doesn't have enough money available at the moment to get Perez. "We would need the funding for three cars and at this point we only have the funding for two cars. So we wouldn’t be in a position to sign him today", concludes Brown.