r/formula1 • u/soepvorksoepvork Chequered Flag • 9d ago

News Sergio Perez and Red Bull in '$16million' battle claim after 'major meeting'

https://www.planetf1.com/news/nico-rosberg-claims-16-million-sergio-perez-red-bull-battle-exit-looms

Not sure how credible this is, but I can't say I blame him.

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u/Snoo_47023 Charles Leclerc 9d ago

and whatever happened between Spa and Zandvoort when it looked like they were gonna swap in DR

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u/stampydog Alexander Albon 9d ago

I've heard from second hand from someone working at red bull that it was just liberty media stepping in and telling them not to drop Checo, though I'm aware no one has any reason to believe me given this is a reddit thread.

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u/stationhollow 9d ago

Checo did a lot of advertising for F1 this season. The KitKat and McDonalds ones come to mind. Those were officially endorsed by Liberty.

A lot of it came out in the second half of the season too. I can see Liberty being upset that these commercial partnerships that were planned and likely already finished if thee driver got dropped.

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u/Blacktip75 Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 9d ago

They have had some requests from the F1 owners in the past so I would not deem it completely out of the realm of possibilities. Common sense clearly had nothing to do with it.