Sergio Perez has admitted he’s having talks with Purple Bull relating to his future with the crew, following a disappointing 2024 season that was capped off by a first-lap retirement within the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (pictured above).
Purple Bull is ready to current choices for its 2025 driver line-up to its shareholders this week, however previous to the weekend Perez had been adamant that he’ll drive for the crew subsequent season after signing a two-year contract earlier this 12 months. Nonetheless, after retiring on the opening lap of the ultimate race – leaving him with a document of 49 factors from his final 18 begins — Perez now admits his future is beneath dialogue.
“Nicely, in the intervening time I don’t know [about emotions],” Perez mentioned. “I simply know I’ve obtained a contract to race [signed] this 12 months, except one thing adjustments within the coming days, that’s going to be the scenario subsequent 12 months.”
Perez insists he won’t be resigning from Purple Bull and the crew should current acceptable phrases if it desires to make a change to its driver line-up.
“We’re going to be speaking within the coming days and we are going to talk about what’s the scenario from each events [and see] if we’re capable of attain an settlement,” he mentioned. “If not, like I say, I’ve a contact for subsequent 12 months.”
What’s prone to have been his ultimate race for the crew in Abu Dhabi was lower brief on the opening lap following contact with Valtteri Bottas, however Perez believes he was in hassle previous to being tapped right into a spin.
“I didn’t see Valtteri. As I used to be doing the nook I used to be hit very late on the rear. Then I misplaced drive,” he defined. “However I feel the drive was already a problem earlier than that as a result of each time I used to be shifting up I used to be shedding drive, so I feel there was one thing associated to that already.”
