‘We couldn't have asked for better’ - Sergio Perez praised by Red Bull ahead of Azerbaijani Grand Prix

Sergio Perez is an excellent team-mate, who is doing «extremely well» at Red Bull, that is according to chief engineer, Paul Monaghan. Perez heads to Baku for the Azerbaijani Grand Prix having won a fortnight ago in Monaco to collect a second Grand Prix win as a Red Bull driver after success in Azerbaijan in 2021.

Ad/> The Mexican has competed with — and at times pushed — team-mate and defending world champion Max Verstappen this season, with Perez ordered to let Verstappen pass at the Spanish Grand Prix. Perez called those team orders «unfair» but has since cleared the air with the team, and Monaghan says Red Bull are very happy with the Mexican.

Azerbaijani Grand Prix‘Unfinished business’ for Verstappen ahead of Azerbaijan Grand Prix12 HOURS AGO «Checo is driving extremely well this year, and he does find the car is not always to his liking but it's one that he can drive,» Monaghan said. «I think last year's car, don't forget that we were coming to the end of a set of regulations which had evolved, and we'd evolved with Max.

And then Checo got in and, as a team-mate to Max, we couldn't have asked for better, could we?» 'Being at the top is what you strive for' — Vettel doubts whether Hamilton is 'fired up' for F1 ‘Unfinished business’ for Verstappen ahead of Azerbaijan Grand Prix Verstappen has suffered with technical issues recently — most notably in Barcelona where a DRS problem left him unable to pass the Mercedes of George Russell — but Monaghan says those issues have now been solved. “Our DRS problem was self-inflicted, I think if we are honest, so now we've learned our rather painful lessons," he said.

“There is a sigh of relief after the work that some very clever people did, the research and the checks. They