Hill can foresee ‘mid-season spurt’ of Perez form

Damon Hill believes Sergio Perez can produce a “mid-season spurt” of form and put himself firmly into World Championship contention.

The Mexican is flying high having followed up his second-place finish in Spain with a win in Monaco. With that victory, Perez has moved to within 15 points of championship leader Max Verstappen and is looking like one of three contenders for this season’s crown alongside his team-mate and Charles Leclerc.

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The scene is remarkably different from the one after the Spanish Grand Prix in which Perez was issued with team orders to allow Verstappen to pass, much to his displeasure.

Now he is looking like a credible threat to Verstappen’s chances of retaining his crown and Red Bull team boss Christian Horner even said it “doesn’t matter to us which of the two is World Champion”.

Christian Horner: “It doesn’t matter to us which of the two is World Champion.

“But whether it’s Max or Checo, they are both Red Bull drivers and they both have the same chances…it’s great to have both drivers right at the sharp end.”#F1 pic.twitter.com/kq2aYHiVKm

— PlanetF1 (@Planet_F1) June 4, 2022

It seems unlikely Red Bull would want to upset their main star in Verstappen, but Hill believes a mid-season