SILVERSTONE, England — Crimson Bull boss Christian Horner has backed Sergio Perez to rekindle his type and has stated the Mexican driver solely wants a clear weekend to return to his finest.

Perez battled again from sixteenth on the grid to complete sixth on the British Grand Prix on a weekend when group mate Max Verstappen took pole and victory to increase his championship result in 99 factors.

Perez gained two of the primary 4 races this yr, however his season — and any hope of difficult Verstappen for the title — has crumbled since.

Whereas Verstappen has taken 5 straight pole positions and 6 straight wins, Perez’s weekends have been unravelling in qualifying — he is didn’t make the Q3 shootout for pole place on 5 consecutive events.

Horner thinks Perez simply wants a drama-free weekend on the upcoming Hungarian Grand Prix to finish the downward spiral.

“He simply wants to interrupt it now,” Horner stated on Sunday night. “He’ll do it in Budapest, I am assured.

“The best way he races… A few of his strikes, the one on Carlos Sainz specifically was fairly gorgeous into Stowe. For those who have a look at his tempo within the final stint, he was proper there.

“It is irritating for him that he has to combat again on a regular basis however he is simply received to type his qualifying out on Saturday and as a group we’ll do our greatest to assist him on that.”

Horner added: “I believe it is simply a kind of issues. As in all sport, 90% of it’s within the head and I believe he simply wants a great run and he’ll discover his momentum once more.”

Crimson Bull has repeatedly stated it has no plans to chop Perez from the group earlier than his contract expires on the finish of 2024.

Talking on Sunday night, Perez stated: “I’ve full assist from Helmut [Marko] and Christian. The entire group is absolutely supporting me. They know what I can do, they know my potential, and they’re absolutely behind me.”

Crimson Bull’s third driver Daniel Ricciardo will likely be within the cockpit for the group at a Silverstone tyre check on Tuesday which has led to hypothesis he is perhaps being evaluated for Perez’s seat.

Sources have instructed ESPN that isn’t the case. Ricciardo is being lined up for a seat at Crimson Bull’s second group AlphaTauri for 2024.

Perez disregarded the hypothesis about his future.

“Totally, I could not care much less if I am sincere about that,” Perez stated. “In F1 in 13 years I’ve seen all of it. [I’m] not fearful about any of that, I am primarily targeted about getting my season again on monitor and ensuring I maintain having fun with this.”