Purple Bull staff boss Christian Horner refused to verify Sergio Pérez would see out the Formulation 1 season after the struggling driver suffered one other depressing afternoon at his residence race on Sunday.

Pérez began 18th and completed final on the monitor after amassing a penalty for a false begin after which being concerned in a number of clashes with different drivers that left his automotive broken.

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On the identical time, Purple Bull misplaced second place within the constructors’ standings to Ferrari regardless of Max Verstappen main the drivers’ championship.

Requested straight if Pérez — whose kind has nosedived since Might — was going to complete the season with Purple Bull, Horner supplied no phrases of consolation for a driver who technically has a contract for 2025.

As a substitute, it gave the impression of Pérez might have raced for the final time in entrance of his residence crowd in F1.

“, there comes a cut-off date that troublesome selections should be made,” Horner mentioned. “We’re now third within the constructors’ championship.

“Our willpower is to attempt to get again right into a successful place however it should be a tall order over these subsequent 4 races.”

Horner mentioned Pérez can be in Brazil subsequent weekend for the ultimate race of an American triple header, however there was loads of hypothesis on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez {that a} change may very well be made for the final three rounds.

Horner mentioned Pérez’s weekend had been “horrible,” with nothing going proper for him.

“He is aware of Formulation 1 is a results-based enterprise and inevitably while you’re not delivering then the highlight is firmly on you.”

Horner repeated the assertion when requested if Pérez’s seat was in danger, referring to the Mexican as “under-performing” and saying scrutiny was fixed.

“As a staff we want each vehicles scoring factors and that is the character of Formulation 1,” he added.

“We’re working with him as laborious as we are able to to attempt to assist him. I feel we have performed every part that we are able to to assist Checo and we’ll proceed to take action in Brazil subsequent weekend.

“However there comes a cut-off date you could solely achieve this a lot.”