Helmut Marko has confirmed that Red Bull will make a decision on Max Verstappen’s F1 2025 team-mate at the end of the season amid mounting rumours surrounding the future of Sergio Perez. And he has claimed that the two-year contract Perez signed earlier this year will not stop Red Bull making a change for next season,

Although Sergio Perez has denied he will announce his retirement in Mexico, Helmut Marko says he needs to improve after Liam Lawson emerged as a “man for the future” in Austin. Lawson could not have asked for a better audition than the one he put in at the United States Grand Prix as he walked away with two World Championship points.

Helmut Marko has told Sergio Perez that ‘he has to improve his performance’ to avoid being replaced at the end of the season but denied that the experienced Mexican was planning on announcing his retirement from the sport at his home race next weekend.