Red Bull motorsport adviser Helmut Marko has apologised for blaming Sergio Perez’s inconsistent form this season on his ethnicity. Marko said in a statement: “I would like to apologise for my offensive remark. Referring to Perez’s up-and-down season, Marko said: “We know that he has problems in qualifying, he has fluctuations in form, he is South American and he is just not as completely focused in his head as Max [Verstappen] is or as Sebastian [Vettel].”. It is not the first time Marko has referred to Perez as South American, even though he is from Mexico which is geographically in North America. Perez and Verstappen shared two wins each in the first four races of the season, after which Perez was talking about challenging for the world title.

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