SILVERSTONE, England — Stress continues to develop on Crimson Bull driver Sergio Pérez after he failed to attain factors for the third time in six races on the British Grand Prix on Sunday.

Staff principal Christian Horner mentioned the state of affairs was “unsustainable,” underlining Crimson Bull’s want for Pérez to attain factors alongside championship chief Max Verstappen to bolster the staff’s haul within the constructors’ standings.

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Pérez has scored simply 15 factors from the final six races, whereas Verstappen has racked up 119 in the identical interval.

Crimson Bull leads Ferrari by 71 within the constructors’ standings.

“He is aware of it is unsustainable to not be scoring factors,” Horner mentioned of Pérez. “We now have to be scoring factors in that automotive, and he is aware of that.

“He is aware of his function and his goal. No one is extra keen than Checo to get again and discover his type once more.”

Pérez signed a brand new two-year contract with Crimson Bull earlier this 12 months, however his place might be underneath menace if he continues to underperform on the subsequent two races forward of F1’s summer time break.

“I do know the place I’m, by way of contract and that kind of factor,” Pérez mentioned after he completed seventeenth and two laps down on the British Grand Prix.

“I can not let or not it’s a distraction as a result of I must give attention to the subsequent two weekends, that are the precedence and work along with the staff to get out of this tough interval.”

Horner performed down strategies that an upcoming check for reserve driver Liam Lawson can be used to judge the New Zealander as a possible substitute for Pérez later this 12 months.

“The issue is you learn an excessive amount of into this stuff, I am really doing a lap at Silverstone within the RB8 [Red Bull’s F1 car from 2012] on Thursday as properly. So that you by no means know!” Horner mentioned.

“No, in all seriousness, the Liam check, aero run, has been deliberate for a few months now. After all, Checo, after all he is underneath strain.

“That is regular in System One. And while you’re underdelivering, that strain solely mounts.

“He is conscious of that, he is aware of that. This weekend, it simply hasn’t, nothing has actually gone his means.”

Pérez began from the pit lane on the British Grand Prix after spinning out of the primary session of qualifying in damp circumstances.

Within the race, Crimson Bull gambled on switching his automotive to intermediate tyres in anticipation of a rain bathe that did not absolutely hit the observe till a number of laps later.

Working on {a partially} dry observe, Pérez destroyed his moist climate tyres and was left a number of seconds off the tempo earlier than being lapped by the leaders.

“We took a bet within the race,” Horner mentioned. “He began on the laborious tyre, he was making first rate progress early on within the race. The rain began to reach, he was P15 or 16 on the time, you roll the cube somewhat at that time as Ferrari did with [Charles] Leclerc.

“He went onto the inter. If the rain had picked up, he’d have appeared a hero. It did not. So you do not.

“After which he had an additional cease and the time lack of being on an inter on a drying observe was hemorrhaging a whole lot of time for him. So yeah. Clearly lots to have a look at from over the weekend.”