Christian Horner has described new Red Bull driver Sergio Perez as being like “a young dog with a bone”, able to extract a podium finish from a “mediocre” car. Not that the Red Bull is likely to be mediocre in 2021. Instead, Perez finds himself with potentially the most competitive car of his F1 career as he enters his 11th season at the top level. The Mexican has been hired by Red Bull as Max Verstappen’s team-mate in the belief that he can help form a consistent double-pronged challenge to Mercedes, which his predecessor Alex Albon fell short of doing last year. It means a reunion for Horner and Perez, who worked together in GP2 for the 2009 campaign at the Arden International...
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