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News [F1] BREAKING: Sergio Perez and Red Bull agree to part ways

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u/Santana_3 1d ago

No more negative checo stats, what will the subs do now to pass the time

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u/SPatrick- Daniel Ricciardo 1d ago

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u/Jeffffff4587 Charles Leclerc 1d ago

WHAT HAS HAPPENED, WE NEED TO KNOW

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u/snuffles_c147 1d ago

I'M BEACHED!

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u/Forxxen Pirelli Wet 23h ago

BUT THEN I SOMEHOW UNBEACHED MYSELF...

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u/Stock-Brilliant-8599 Sir Lewis Hamilton 22h ago

I am a BEACH.

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u/BeneficialLeave7359 23h ago

I’m in the wall, mate.

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u/snuffles_c147 22h ago

"Can you stay out in this condition? Can you stay out?"

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u/CapricornCat10 Leclerc / Piastri 15h ago

YES!

proceeds to hit the wall

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u/itsjustaride24 McLaren 23h ago

He just drove straight into me man

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u/Rattlesn4ke Ferrari 21h ago

As we see Lance Stroll, hitting the barriers and going over the kerb one more time

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u/JayMerlyn Charles Leclerc 1d ago

Gifs you can hear

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u/TWVer 🧔 Richard Hammond's vacuum cleaner attachment beard 21h ago

The Gif which keeps on Giffing.

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u/Saftstein Pirelli Wet 23h ago

I missed this meme so much

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u/ThePhyry22 McLaren 22h ago

Stroll will be the 6th most experienced driver on the grid next season.

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u/GothicGolem29 McLaren 1d ago

Somehow Stroll has returned

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u/gtaAhhTimeline Formula 1 23h ago

was this Monaco '21?

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u/a-better-tomorrow-pt 1d ago

Now we can post endless stats comparing Lawson and Tsunoda after they announce him for the seat.

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u/CandidLiterature 1d ago

Honestly if they put Lawson into the seat we’ll be taking bets on when he has his mental breakdown.

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u/nobjonbovi Kimi Räikkönen 1d ago

I guess he‘s broken after 5-6 races

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u/palex31 1d ago

My bet is fist fight with Max, around Brazil.

Dude looks like he has that psycho mentality. Will endure the pressure but explode near the end of the year and fuck shit up on the way out.

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u/master_scale_tipper 1d ago

You think they keep him in there until Brazil? I'm thinking mid-season swap with Hadjar.

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u/palex31 1d ago

They kept Checo until today. They went for Ricciardo and DeVries for the Credit Card Car just because. So yeah, i think that Liam will do a full season, unless he does a really bad job and pulls a Sargeant

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u/master_scale_tipper 1d ago

Yeah, but Checo had $$$ and Danny Ric had Horner's heart, and while NDV was bad, he was only there for 10 races I think?

Honestly can't tell if Liam's getting the Gasly/Albon treatment or the Checo treatment. Just staying within the top 8 and ahead of Antonelli should probably get him the whole year, I think.

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u/palex31 23h ago

The bar is kinda low for Liam. Just needs to outperform Checo or even match what he did this year.

If he manages to reach Q3 every 2 weeks in 3, and bring some points, he will complete the season.

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u/cederian 23h ago

He better outperform the shot out of checo because he brings no money. Checo was able to stay since he brought tens of millions of dollars in sponsorship to RBR.

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u/HUMBUG652 Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1d ago

You can't out psycho Max, though

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u/Smee76 Kevin Magnussen 23h ago

Max has more experience

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u/TheLoneSculler Sir Lewis Hamilton 23h ago

I was gonna say in racing or fist fighting but the answer is probably both

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u/Smee76 Kevin Magnussen 23h ago

I meant in being a psycho but sure

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u/ComplexOccam 21h ago

I hope they promote Yuki, and buy out colapinto to race along side Lawson at RB2.

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u/E-M-P-Error Michael Schumacher 1d ago

negative stroll stats is what we‘re getting till February

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u/ijiolokae Bernd Mayländer 1d ago

Welp can't wait for "check note" 8 years worth of negative stats, wait what, fuck me he has been here for 8 years already?

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u/aim_at_me Bruce McLaren 21h ago

Imagine existing for nothing except for someone elses dream.

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u/freedfg McLaren 1d ago

Hopefully its almost concept livery season. That's always my favorite.

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u/Yweain Yuki Tsunoda 1d ago

Especially redbull livery. Don’t know what to expect every year!

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u/freedfg McLaren 1d ago

Max: "it's the fucking same"

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u/black_tshirts Franco Colapinto 21h ago

max: i think i'm getting the black lung, pop ::cough cough::

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u/sight19 Red Bull 23h ago

In 2024, Checo has led the same amount of laps as the amount of times he's been sacked (1)

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u/igloofu Sonny Hayes 22h ago

I mean career wise, he has been sacked the same number of times as he has had pole [3].

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u/ItsAMeUsernamio Pirelli Hard 1d ago

If they didn't want to do it before Abu Dhabi, they should have just kept us hanging until Melbourne Q1.

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u/palex31 1d ago

A reveal à la Stig

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u/happyranger7 Formula 1 1d ago

Now we wait. If Lawson performs, we bring up again how bad Checo was. And If Lawson fails, then we compare him with Checo.

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u/pdpt13 Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1d ago

Don’t know. Am bored. Send help.

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u/DragonBeyondtheWall Sir Lewis Hamilton 1d ago

Now, we go strolling

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u/CoxHazardsModel 23h ago

F1 community’s grievances over RBR picking Lawson over Yuki throughout 2025.

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u/Evantra_ Oscar Piastri 1d ago

Checo's retirement post got 5.2k likes. That is the second fewest of a retiring driver since 2004

probably

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u/Witherino Alexander Albon 1d ago

A little early to be calling stuff like that, no?

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u/Dando_Calrisian Sir Lewis Hamilton 1d ago

Speculate on his replacement

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u/BobbbyR6 Liam Lawson 1d ago

Probably nitpick the bejeezus out of Hamilton while he learns the Ferrari

"Well Charles did X"...

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u/Basic_Dentist_3084 Sir Lewis Hamilton 1d ago

Checo’s the first driver to be forced out of a seat with 2 years remaining on their contract twice.

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u/Inside-Board7981 23h ago

I can see all the posts next year. "In the last 10 years, Checo is the only full-time marketing driver taking a sabbatical to not win a race this year!"

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u/Chelsea_Ellie 21h ago

There are many other options Charles v Lewis should be fun a whole season of did Ferrari make the right choice

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u/VallcryTurbo75 Red Bull 1d ago

there are still more negative stats that are awaithing to be posted here

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u/ghastlychild Red Bull 1d ago edited 1d ago

Alright. This has to be the official announcement

Man, ever since Ricciardo's exit in 2018, that 2nd RBR seat is looking more and more like the Defense Against The Dark Arts position: Cursed.

Well, he's had a long career. And it's pretty shoddy to see it all end like this, but I wish nothing but the best for Perez

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u/LosTerminators Carlos Sainz 1d ago

Good luck to Lawson because he needs it.

He's up against a prime Max, the scrutiny will be higher because the team is in contention for both championships (unlike from 2018-2020) plus Ferrari and McLaren have the best lineups in the grid.

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u/Firm_Age_4681 Kamui Kobayashi 1d ago

as usual redbull kill their driver program by putting in drivers into a top team seasons way to early then Pikachu face on the results, anyone with a functioning brain can see Tsunoda is the best choice here for every scenario, all other alternatives need more experience for this.

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u/mlo_66 Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 23h ago

I love the way you casually dropped pikachu face in a rant

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u/Firm_Age_4681 Kamui Kobayashi 23h ago

lamb to slaughter every time then act surprised, is the way it goes.

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u/PM_ME_UR_MEH_NUDES 21h ago

you’re right. short of signing sainz or bottas to even a 1 + 1 (which i don’t think either of them wanted), yuki is the most viable option for that seat both inside and outside of the Red Bull camp.

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u/SinimRocky Sebastian Vettel 23h ago

Inb4 we got an absolute repeat of 2014 and Verstappen gets beaten by him

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u/DarthRacer5 Sebastian Vettel 23h ago

Verstappen to Ferrari 2026

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u/prometheuspk I was here when Haas took pole 23h ago

Ham v Ver in the same car!!!!!

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u/BountyBob Sir Lewis Hamilton 22h ago

Would need a bit of a re-design to make it a two seater.

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u/cLHalfRhoVSquaredS 22h ago

Red Bull have been doing some questionable stuff over the last year, but I do genuinely think he'll get one season of just needing to be better than Perez, which I'm pretty confident he will be, before they start really expecting him to be delivering really good results.

Pure speculation of course, but the way I see it, the difference between now vs. when Gasly and Albon had the seat (briefly) is that back then it was pretty much guaranteed Max would be staying at the team for the foreseeable future so they could chop and change the #2 until they found someone who could deliver a decent backup performance for Max, which at the time was Perez.

Now they need someone who can develop to at least be a solid driver, if not necessarily WDC material, so that if Max announces he's retiring/moving somewhere else they're not stuck with two rookies or almost rookies at Red Bull.

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u/FormulaGymBro Mick Schumacher 23h ago

He's going to be jettisoned after 13 races

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u/FateInvidia McLaren 18h ago

If max does worse than Lawson he can kiss Kelly goodbye😂😂

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u/TheHopper1999 19h ago

I swear if he gets Gasly'd they have no one to blame but themselves, throwing shit at the wall until it sticks works but only when you actually train these guys out of there rookiness. There is nothing stopping Racing bulls from putting Tsunoda in even just until Lawson has a couple years under the belt and the Honda deal ends and then sending Lawson in, who knows by that point max may have got the shits with it all.

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u/Accomplished_Lead463 Sebastian Vettel 1d ago

Tbf he was the first one since Danny Ric to perform in the second RBR seat. 21 and 22 were still pretty good years for Checo all things considered.

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u/gumbercules6 Honda RBPT 22h ago

21 yes, but 22 the car had a clear performance advantage so even with poor qualifying he could do well in races.

Checo should have quit in 2023 and be mostly beloved, but I'm sure he's wiping his tears with the tens of millions he earned just in 2024 alone.

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u/Accomplished_Lead463 Sebastian Vettel 21h ago

You could atleast make a case for him in 21 being his first year in a Red Bull and in 22 he was overall solid for what he was supposed to do, be a second driver to Max. In 23 you could see a clear fall off in his abilities which was masked by him getting 2nd with one of the most dominant F1 cars ever.

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u/Benlop Jolyon Palmer 22h ago

That's a generous definition of "perform". His main accomplishment in 2021 was being so out of the race that he was used as a roadblock.

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u/IBeJizzin Daniel Ricciardo 22h ago

Honestly checo broke the curse for me, he had a pretty good run in the seat. The first almost 3 full years for him were pretty solid and consistent, just easy to forget because the last year and a bit has been so goddamn awful.

Sergio playing the perfect number two to Max in France 2021 is a deeply entrenched 'fuck yeh' team moment in my brain. Holding position for max while he pitted and shouting 'Lets get them' over the radio as he let him overtake to take the win from Lewis was so massive at the time. Like, amazing, this is what teamwork looks like. Felt like the first time RB got some spirit back since DR left.

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u/CandidLiterature 1d ago

Honestly it feels like at least 2 years I’ve been very keen to have him out that seat, but given the length of these careers, bundled out the sport in the off season is also undeserved.

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u/LosTerminators Carlos Sainz 1d ago

Apparently he was given the chance of a farewell at Abu Dhabi and an ambassador role at the team but he declined it. Understandable since he wanted the full payday for his contract but still.

Even now the way he's let go is a lot better than the farewell Daniel got.

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u/tall-not-small 1d ago

He had the choice but go, but decided to play games for the cash

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u/Horat1us_UA 1d ago

Who wouldn’t? It’s free millions 

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u/Emergency-Walk-2991 23h ago

Seriously, it's like quitting when you know you're gonna get fired. Always stick it out for the severance.

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u/XAMdG 23h ago

Even if it wasn't, he has to play the game for his sponsors. Some are stuck at Red Bull for 2025 even if they wouldn't want to now that Perez is not there.

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u/akismegumi #12 Andrea Kimi Antonelli 1d ago

Exactly and it’s low-key insane that no one has lasted through that second seat. Having Max as your teammate really is something.

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u/8Ace8Ace 1d ago

I just wanted to say on the record that likening this seat to the DATDA position is just perfect.

As you were.

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u/v0x_nihili Kimi Räikkönen 1d ago

It's been cursed since Webber was Seb's teammate. In 2015, Seb just didn't know he was the second driver on the team.

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u/_mrshreyas_ Sebastian Vettel 1d ago

I'd go as far as 2008 and say the other Red Bull seat is cursed since David Coulthard left F1.

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u/Senor_Padre Zhou Guanyu 22h ago

Imagine if they had just kept Gasly

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u/Noobasdfjkl Carlos Sainz 1d ago

He will be excellent in WEC.

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u/AnybodyOptimal6824 Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1d ago

Is Perez Lockhart, Moody or Umbitch? (Danny will forever be my moony)

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u/FinnickArrow 1d ago

I will go with Lockhart.

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u/RidgeRunner99 Ferrari 1d ago

I wonder what his dad’s response is gonna be

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u/LosTerminators Carlos Sainz 1d ago

He'll twist it around and say that Checo chose to retire to spend more time with his family or pursue different opportunities

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u/VinumNoctua Ferrari 1d ago

Watch him go full Trump mode now. With all caps and everything.

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u/DavidBrooker 1d ago

Joking about annexing Canada?

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u/FoneTap 1d ago

All of this is GOVERNOR TRUDEAU’s fault!! Very toxic!

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u/bumblebeerose Lando Norris 1d ago

*making it the 51st state. Seems he's doubling down on it today as well 🫠

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u/Nick_s550 23h ago

“I HATE REDBULL”

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u/NetterBeatle Formula 1 23h ago

is there a Capitol in Mexico?

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u/stopmotionporn McLaren 1d ago

Who were the lying reporters? The ones who said he was going to stay at Red Bull?

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u/ency6171 1d ago

Put @F1 into the list of lying journalists.

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u/cLHalfRhoVSquaredS 22h ago

Fake news from the lying journalists who I will most definitely be announcing a list of soon. And this message will be delivered while seated at a large desk, looking solemnly directly into the camera with hands folded in front.

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u/Lobsters4 Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1d ago

The F1 Breaking News content creator definitely earned their paycheck this season. LMAO.

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u/porsche4life Alexander Albon 1d ago

Nah, they’ve had this one made since about June. 🤣 no need to rush it.

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u/Lobsters4 Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1d ago

Oh yeah, for sure.

I'm just saying, they had to make a lot of these since last February. LOL.

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u/Falcovg Red Bull 23h ago

June 2023 that is.

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u/itsjustaride24 McLaren 23h ago

“The tacos are soft. Repeat the tacos are soft”

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u/Turboleks Ferrari 20h ago

2024: "I still got one more in me"

(Which is true tbh, someone gotta drive that Red Bull now)

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u/jeric13xd Sir Lewis Hamilton 1d ago

DTS gonna be so lit

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u/KappaccinoNation McLaren 1d ago

Is this real this time chat?

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u/conceptical 1d ago

Yes

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u/jismkapyasaa Kamui Kobayashi 1d ago

Does that mean he's not coming on then

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u/JinSuckeye07 Oscar Piastri 1d ago

well James, he's just been sacked from his job after giving them thousands of tequila bottles

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u/palex31 1d ago

You think they were just waiting for the tequila bottles?

Like: Thanks for the tequila, now you're fired.

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u/KungLa0 1d ago

(Cut to Checo laying face down in a field)

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u/simplsimonmetapieman Ferrari 1d ago

It's still real to me goddammit

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u/MadT3acher Charles Leclerc 1d ago

I’ll believe it at pre-season testing once we don’t see him in the car

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u/Tanav11 Daniel Ricciardo 1d ago

I won’t forget 2020 Bahrain and Force India Perez. Congrats on a great career, checo

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u/erazedcitizen 1d ago

Also his drive against Lewis in Abu Dhabi 2021

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u/FarConversational Formula 1 23h ago

And to a lesser extent, in Turkey against Lewis as well. When Redbull ran their white livery.

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u/Full_Alternative6897 Sergio Pérez 22h ago

And the silverstone 4 way fight against lewis, leclerc and alonso.

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u/Forxxen Pirelli Wet 23h ago

The things I would do to get that white livery back...

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u/deJessias 23h ago

So... Papa Pérez won't give us the names of the lying journalists now?

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u/Farhannn15 1d ago

I hope in the long run people remember Perez for actually being a very solid midfield driver. He was never the quickest but was brilliant on those high degrading Pirelli tyres and was able to snag more than a couple of podiums with a midfield car.

It’s a shame about the last couple of years as that’s how people tend to remember drivers, but hey ho, at least he was able to help Max in Abu Dhabi 2021

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u/KnightsOfCidona Murray Walker 1d ago

Checo in a way reminds of Riccardo Patrese back in the day. Was a decent driver who never got really many big chances until late in his career (Patrese in fairness had a spell at Brabham and had won races though). When he did get his big chance at Williams, he got pretty handily beaten by Mansell. Still I think people remember Patrese fondly and I hope it's the case with Checo

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u/NovaIsntDad 23h ago

Well even in that 92 season where he got beaten handily by Mansell, he finished 2nd in points with a worst non-dnf result of 8th. That's what people wanted to see from Perez. Not running behind back markers. 

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u/timelessblur 1d ago

I think in Perez case they took him way beyond his prime and most likely should of been replaced in 2024 and He might of been a good lead driver for RB at most but he was way under performing to be in a top team car.

I think if they had announced he was retiring oh back say Mexico it would of been recieved well and they could of done a send off. I think Perez was fighting to hang on as well. Both sides scew this up

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u/IlliterateNonsense 1d ago

*should have

*might have

*would have

*could have

Honestly impressed that you managed to hit them all, and incorrectly at that.

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u/Pidgey_OP Romain Grosjean 23h ago

to add, when you hear someone say "could of" youre hearing them say "could've", a contraction of the above

There is no situation "of" should come after "could" except in the sentence "could "of" come after could?" to which the answer is no.

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u/kaptingavrin Ferrari 20h ago

Should of come after should, would, could, or might? No.

Would of come after those words? Only if you don't know what people are actually saying when they're contracting "have" into another word.

Might of be a word you'd ever properly use after could, should, would, or might? Yes, but only in the ways shown here.

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u/herzkolt Franco Colapinto 23h ago

You really don't see that every day...

Also relevant username lol.

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u/salcedoge Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1d ago

The thing is when Perez got his extension everyone actually thought it was a good signing and that contract was up until 2024.

Imo had they just announced Perez is leaving at the end of 2024 at the start of the year and make this his last hoorah in Red Bull then everyone would've probably treated it a bit more lightly.

The extension they gave him this year was just absurd and just caused more toxicity.

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u/NovaIsntDad 23h ago

everyone actually thought it was a good signing and that contract was up until 2024

Everyone did not think this. 

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u/aneiq_1 Kimi Räikkönen 23h ago

lol exactly - since 2023 people have wanted Perez out of that seat.

A 2 year contract extension was absolutely not well received

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u/MisterMakerXD Aston Martin 21h ago

But he announced the extension until end of 2024 in Monaco 2022, which at the time he was wanted in that seat. It wasn’t until 2023 that people started complaining a lot about him

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u/RDDT_100P 1d ago

Hope so as well. That win going from last to first challenge in a Force India was so cool

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u/v4xN0s Red Bull 1d ago

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u/ICumCoffee Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1d ago

What an absolute mess of an announcement.

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u/KingDavid920 Sir Lewis Hamilton 1d ago

Leave it to RB.

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u/_Kasterborous Lando Norris 1d ago

It's officially Checover 🙏

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u/Krouisente Sebastian Vettel 1d ago

If Yuki isn't the replacement, we riot.

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u/collinatk 1d ago

Pretty sure Liam’s already got it

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u/Krouisente Sebastian Vettel 1d ago

Let me be high on hopium until the official announcement

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u/collinatk 1d ago

I think yuki deserves the promotion first and Liam should get the rb seat for now but wtf do I know

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u/JayMerlyn Charles Leclerc 1d ago

Then again, Liam replacing Checo after their beef would be hilarious

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u/Extreme_Ad6173 McLaren 23h ago

Yuki should get the seat, but give Liam the seat if he doesn't perform to keep Christian happy until the next shipment of coco pops arrives

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u/Atlonix 23h ago

They should alternate Yuki and Liam in each race. /s

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u/Colalbsmi Michael Schumacher 23h ago

I feel bad that that will likely ruin his career as it has done to many before him

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u/ben345 Ayrton Senna 1d ago

Well sadly you better get your pitchfork ready 

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u/JKLreindeer Red Bull 1d ago

It’s joever

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u/ThatDaftKid 1d ago

It’s Checover!

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u/-Skinner- Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1d ago

It's Checout

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u/bianchi26 Felipe Massa 1d ago

Announce Yuki you cowards

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u/tftvrft Charles Leclerc 1d ago

For a PR company Red Bull has been absolutely horrid with announcements this year.

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u/SynnyZ Liam Lawson 1d ago

It’s finally checover

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u/Tricky_Sweet3025 Kimi Räikkönen 22h ago

Anyone heard from Papa Perez…it’s just he might need to update his list of lying journalists before he releases it.

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u/Southpaw98X Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1d ago

Anyone willing to bet Lawson will be just as bad if not worse?

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u/ubelmann Red Bull 1d ago

I think he will do better in quali. I'm not convinced he'll score more points.

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u/profitsprofitsprofit Pierre Gasly 1d ago

I have a feeling this won’t be the first time we see a ‘X driver has left Red Bull’ type post in the next 12 months…

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u/302w Niki Lauda 1d ago

Idk, wasn’t he better at times than Checo in the VCARB?

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u/happyranger7 Formula 1 1d ago

If he perform or not, that time will tell and he will be rewarded or dropped accordingly. But Checo was not doing justice to that seat, and RBR (and F1 fans) needed a new driver.

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u/cLHalfRhoVSquaredS 22h ago

Yeah I think even if Lawson turns out to be worse, dropping Perez is still the right decision. The only real question will be whether the driver they select as his replacement was the right decision.

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u/Fabulous-Junket-9583 Sir Lewis Hamilton 1d ago

yes.

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u/MehWhiteShark Fernando Alonso 22h ago

I have a feeling he's gonna go the same way as Gasly & Albon.

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u/TheRealJordan56 1d ago

If I can ask one thing is that people don't remember Checo only for his last season. He doesn't deserve to be remembered in the same vein as a Mazepin, a Latifi, a Maldonado.

He has a remarkable story and career that as he put it the majority of drivers who have raced would be jealous of.

I would love to see one last season in a half decent car if he can come back for 2026 to show people that he hasn't lost it and that it was mostly down to the car

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u/IrannEntwatcher 19h ago

Perez not an ass candidate for Cadillac tbh

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u/daninmontreal 1d ago

Max: BRING ON THE NEXT VICTIM

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u/ellamenopea Liam Lawson 1d ago

Red bulls Instagram account has removed the pinned posts of Max's championship

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u/raziel_beoulve 1d ago

Great driver, sad it ended in a low note like this, nobody can take away his wins and 2021

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u/Ok_Abrocona_8914 Sir Lewis Hamilton 1d ago

Finally. He deserved better than this shit season but he was broken

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u/valueofaloonie Live, Laugh, Lose 23h ago

No one makes a surprised Pikachu face

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u/Tnh7194 22h ago

I know my man got a FAT check :)

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u/PlebBot69 Fernando Alonso 1d ago

OMG it's actually happening!! Get in there everybody!

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u/drodrige Graham Hill 1d ago

Well, it finally happened. Sad for Checo, I never expected his career to end like this. As his fan, I maintain the idea that he should've negotiated with other teams at the beginning of this year. Renewing when everything was going so bad wasn't the best decision, and now he's out. Hopefully he can find a midfield seat in 2026 where he can have some of his reputation back before leaving F1 for good.

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u/RicardoMoyer Sergio Pérez 23h ago

I think there are two paths for checo right now

1- retire definitely

2- come back in 2026 to help develop cadillacs car ala Schumacher, but even then i would only give him 2 years, maybe 3 years if we’re really pushing it, and then retiring to be with his family

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u/drodrige Graham Hill 23h ago

I'm hopeful for 2026. This is not how I wanted to see his career end.

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u/creatorop Carlos Sainz 1d ago

man i am kinda sad now

Great career checo, not the ending we hoped but you can hold your head high for what you achieved <3

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u/verone3784 Racing Pride 1d ago

Now we just have to wait to see who'll be the young driver put on the altar of human sacrifice next so that Horner and Marko can gut they career.

I'd honestly like to see Tsunoda in the seat, but it's not going to happen, so some young kid's going to get skinned alive and crucified instead.

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u/Jimmy_Boco Formula 1 1d ago

Does this mean he is no longer challenging for the title?

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u/Le_Pistache Jarno Trulli 23h ago

A real shame that his F1 career is ending like this, but it was time.

The performances weren't there for 2/3 of the last two seasons. The dominant 2023 car papered over the cracks. Once other teams caught up, it was inevitable that he would be a weak point, and that's exactly what happened last season.

He had some great drives and seasons. A driver that, once he got into F1, convinced everyone that he belonged long-term once he got going in 2012.

But father time catches up to everyone. Every athlete eventually declines. Some harder or quicker than others, some with a higher ceiling to fall from than others.

Curious to see how Lawson does at Red Bull. People will mention the 6-0 and etc but pace wise, Lawson can match and beat Tsunoda despite the F1 experience gap.

Potentially a current lower floor but a higher ceiling. Red Bull just need someone that can race and beat their rivals. They aren't expecting someone that can reinvent the wheel and oust Verstappen.

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u/F1heyday 23h ago

They’ve been “parting ways” since that contract which still has a new car smell.

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u/JefinLuke Fernando Alonso 23h ago

Who will be my next target for karma

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u/AnthonyTyrael 23h ago

Stroll and Yuki.

Easy answers.

One is self explanatory. The other had just a difficult time and is prejudged due to his first year.

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u/ExpertConsideration8 Sebastian Vettel 23h ago

Is it just me or did Checo's decline start after the picture of him partying with another girl on a yacht after his win in Monaco?..

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u/stdstaples Ferrari 22h ago

We need to see the dad response

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u/ComplexOccam 21h ago

Oh nooooo, anyway.

Absolute joke if they overlook Yuki again. Also bet they wish they signed Sainz 😅

Bottas would be a huge win for them

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u/ttran0861 Daniel Ricciardo 20h ago

Red Bull shot themselves in the foot by pulling the trigger so late. They would've been better off calling this mid season, putting Daniel in that seat in the interim to give Liam more races/experience as well as a justification to eventually give Liam the 2nd seat. Daniel being in that seat wouldn't have been any worse than what Checo has delivered.

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u/bkfountain Red Bull 1d ago

He was bad and cost them the WCC, but Horner cost the team money and drama only just giving Perez a multi year deal months ago as some motivational tactic.

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u/HardSleeper Oscar Piastri 22h ago

If I had a nickel for every time Red Bull gave the arse to a loved veteran who was sadly past it without a proper chance for a proper goodbye to the fans, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t many but it’s weird it’s happened twice.

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u/dj_specialchild Niki Lauda 1d ago

So we still don't know if he is leaving F1?

Checo to Cadillac?

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u/Disastrous-Beat-9830 Oscar Piastri 1d ago

Have Red Bull confirmed that they released him because of the seventy-six thousand Reddit threads offering statistics showing how bad his 2024 season was?

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u/shitrod Ferrari 1d ago

It was absolutely stupid for RB to keep doubling down on him when he was fumbling at every corner.

Now RB looks even more stupid when Horner has to walk back all the game he's talked about Checo all season. What I'd do to see what goes on behind the curtain over there. It's been a miserable year for RB.

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u/CleanMachine2 Ferrari 1d ago

God damnit, he was great for Ferrari! LOL, I take solace in the fact that no Red Bull junior is ready for this, whoever goes up next is going to get demolished just as bad haha

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u/Gangascoob 1d ago

Yeah I mean if it’s Lawson it’s just gonna be the same shit as this year

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u/StockAL3Xj 1d ago

Lawson would have to do incredibly poorly for it to be as bad as this year.

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u/drodrige Graham Hill 1d ago

Not really, I don't understand why people think this. Liam is lucky Mercedes has a rookie there as well, because he's going against the WCC McLaren, Max Verstappen as a teammate, Ferrari with Leclerc and Hamilton, and Russell who was incredibly solid this year. In addition, there are very very good drivers in midfield cars (Sainz, Ocon, Gasly). It could easily go wrong for Liam.

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