F1’s Sergio Perez, displaced at Pink Bull, says he nonetheless has quite a bit to attain

MILTON KEYNES, England — Sergio Perez took a pounding as Max Verstappen’s Pink Bull teammate final season however the Mexican has used the winter break to reset and recharge for one more 24 rounds towards the dominant world champion.

Verstappen gained a file 19 of twenty-two races final yr on his strategy to a 3rd successive Formulation One title whereas Perez began strongly with two wins from the primary 4 races earlier than struggling a sudden droop.

The 34-year-old completed second general however struggled to get on the rostrum as Verstappen reeled off an unprecedented 10 successive wins.

Former Ferrari racer Eddie Irvine as soon as mentioned driving in the identical crew as Michael Schumacher was like being hit over the top with a cricket bat each two weeks however Perez mentioned his scenario was much less painful.

“It’s not as unhealthy,” he instructed reporters on the launch of the crew’s new automobile for what would be the longest ever season beginning in Bahrain on March 2.

“Clearly, individuals are conscious of the problem that I’m going through and it’s proper. I feel it is a large problem, Max is a driver that basically takes the utmost out of you so it is an incredible problem and one I’m wanting ahead to massively.

“It’s my fourth season with the crew and I’m positive it may be one of the best one.”

Perez is out of contract on the finish of the season, with loads of candidates to switch him together with Australian Daniel Ricciardo at sister crew Visa Money App RB and seats accessible elsewhere.

The Mexican mentioned he was not completed but.

“If we’re performing nicely on monitor, there shall be loads of alternatives on the market. In order that’s my principal goal and my principal motivation for this yr to actually carry out nicely,” he mentioned.

“I nonetheless suppose that I am at my greatest, I nonetheless have quite a bit to provide, being a part of the Pink Bull household for 4 years. It is a large bonus. It is an incredible alternative.

“I am nonetheless younger, and nonetheless motivated. So there’s nonetheless a great distance forward.”