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Sergio Perez spent four years at Red Bull alongside Max Verstappen – and it wasn’t always smooth sailing between the two.
Sergio Perez revealed details about a past incident with Max Verstappen during their time as Red Bull teammates in the 2022 F1 season.
During the Brazilian Grand Prix, Perez allowed Verstappen to overtake him to improve his position in the race.
Verstappen was later asked by Red Bull to give back the position to Perez, but he refused, citing unspecified “reasons.”
Speculation suggested that the incident might have stemmed from Verstappen’s frustration over Perez’s crash during late-Q3 at Monaco, hindering his qualifying performance.
Perez mentioned in an interview that he plans to address the whole situation in his future book reflecting on his racing career.
Although they had initially resolved the Monaco incident, Perez confirmed Verstappen continued to harbor resentment, expressing his frustrations on track rather than in direct communication.
