Christian Horner revealed he will hold sit-down talks with Sergio Perez over his Red Bull struggles, insisting the under-fire driver must ‘desperately’ rediscover his form. With his team-mate Verstappen dominating this year in the untouchable RB19, the pressure is firmly on Perez to secure second in the drivers’ championship. Horner has typically sought to defend his second driver despite his slump but after the drama in Lusail, he admitted he will now hold a frank discussion with Perez. There’s a huge amount of points with Sprint races as well.’. ‘[Perez] has had a horrible weekend, the incident yesterday and then, unfortunately, the three penalties that he got in the race,’ Horner added. Currently, Perez’s tally stands at 224 points, with Hamilton just 30 behind him.

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