Red Bull urged to make shock driver swap to resolve Sergio Perez issue for good

Sergio Perez has had a play to forget, with the Mexican failing to decorativeness connected the podium since April, and calls person present sounded for him to beryllium replaced with this four-time contention winner

Red Bull should replace Sergio Perez with Carlos Sainz, says erstwhile Williams and McLaren operator Juan Pablo Montoya.

Being 2nd fiddle to Max Verstappen is nary mean feat, but Perez has stalled to the extremity of this Formula One season, failing to assertion a podium since the Chinese Grand Prix backmost successful April - arsenic his adjacent looks acceptable to assertion his 4th Drivers' Championship.

Christian Horner and Red Bull person stood steadfast erstwhile asked astir the anticipation of replacing the Mexican, however, those calls for an ousting person become louder and louder as Perez continually disappoints, and they could soon become excessively large to ignore.

One antheral who has already begun specified a cacophony, Montoya, believes Williams-bound Sainz is the cleanable operator for the job, and the timely emergence of Franco Colapinto, who presently races for the British outfit, could alteration his connection to summation momentum.

"If I were Horner, I would spell to Williams and archer them: 'If you are blessed with Colapinto, support him and springiness maine Carlos Sainz'," Montoya told W Radio and AS Colombia.

Despite existent Ferrari ace Sainz signing a multi-year woody with Williams, Montoya thinks the processing Colapinto could marque this swap possible. Since his promotion successful August, Colapinto has been performing good for Williams, replacing Logan Sargeant, but arsenic it stands, helium volition beryllium without a spot adjacent twelvemonth arsenic the squad person already confirmed Sainz and Alex Albon arsenic their drivers.

The Argentinian is reportedly successful talks with Red Bull, arsenic they inactive request to corroborate their past operator who'll contention for sister squad RB, but Liam Lawson, who clashed with Perez successful Mexico, appears to beryllium starring the moving for that seat.

Montoya has a straightforward reply to the perplexing operator shuffle, however: tempt Sainz distant from Williams, permission them with the talented Colapinto and code Perez's dilemma - a occupation helium believes won't beryllium solved by hiring a novice, reports the Express.

"Why hazard replacing Checo [in the future], an experienced operator who has won races, to enactment a rookie adjacent to Max? Max does not fail," Montoya continued. "Knowing Carlos, helium volition person told Williams that helium has signed for them, but if helium doesn't triumph oregon get podiums, helium tin permission if helium receives different offer.

"[Red Bull] could archer Williams: 'You tin suffer Carlos present oregon successful a year. Now you would person money, successful a twelvemonth you won't.' That is the determination I would marque if I were Red Bull. I would spell for Carlos."

Yet, Montoya acknowledged 1 important hurdle successful this bold strategy: Perez himself. At 34, with his declaration astatine Red Bull acceptable until 2026, helium wouldn't beryllium easy ousted.

"The occupation is that Checo insists that helium volition proceed there, and I besides judge that helium volition proceed connected the grid adjacent year; though I deliberation they privation to get him retired of there, I don't deliberation helium volition conscionable springiness up," Montoya conceded. "Checo is being pushed to the limit, it's not casual for him.

"He's successful a horrible presumption due to the fact that I deliberation everyone wants him out. Whether helium deserves it, I don't know. We don't cognize what happens down closed doors, but a batch of radical are trying to get different operator successful that car."