Sergio Perez greater than deserves to remain in Method One, managing director Ross Brawn mentioned on Monday after the Mexican completed second to now-seven instances world champion Lewis Hamilton in Turkey on the weekend.

Perez is and not using a seat for 2021 after Racing Level signed four-times world champion Sebastian Vettel, who completed third for Ferrari at Istanbul Park on Sunday.

Canadian staff mate Lance Stroll, whose father Lawrence owns Racing Level, completed ninth after ranging from pole place.

“Perez put in an awesome efficiency… it will be a tragedy if he is not in F1 subsequent yr,” mentioned Brawn, who labored with Michael Schumacher throughout a golden period at Ferrari and Hamilton at Mercedes in 2013, in a column for the F1 web site.

“He greater than deserves his place on the grid. In the event you’re a staff (that) needs a aggressive driver to maximise each alternative, Perez is your man.”

Perez’s primary hope is a seat at Purple Bull, who’ve but to determine whether or not to retain Thai racer Alexander Albon as Max Verstappen’s staff mate.

The Mexican has scored 100 of third-placed Racing Level’s 154 factors from 14 races, regardless of lacking two rounds after contracting COVID-19.

Albon has amassed simply 70 of Purple Bull’s 240.

On Sunday, Perez made a set of intermediate tyres final for 48 of the 58 laps in moist and slippery circumstances that caught others out.

“You might be solely pretty much as good as your final race, so it is essential to complete on a excessive. The remainder is just not in my arms,” he mentioned when requested about his future.

Brawn, whose eponymous staff received each championships in 2009, outlined Sunday’s race as “the outdated guard demonstrating their expertise and the younger pretenders exhibiting they’ve a bit extra to be taught.”

Whereas Stroll, 22, lined up on the entrance row with Purple Bull’s Max Verstappen, 23, the rostrum placings went to a trio of drivers aged over 30.

Brawn additionally defended Turkish GP organisers from criticism of the slippery monitor floor, saying that they had completed a improbable job.

“I believe drivers typically want to recollect it is a competitors of who crosses the road first so whereas grip ranges weren’t excessive, it was the identical for everybody,” mentioned the Briton.

“Competitors must be honest and equal. It is a sport, so we have to give everybody the identical alternative. It is difficult, however that ought to be seen pretty much as good factor