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From fifth on the grid, Perez made a good start and at the first corner he tried to go around the outside of poleman Charles Leclerc and his own team-mate Max Verstappen.

Perez has faced his fair share of difficulties as Max Verstappen’s team-mate throughout 2023, and he has failed to win a race in the dominant RB19 since the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Ocon was losing ground on his fading soft tyres when Hulkenberg tried to pass him on the exit of Turn 1, and Perez in turn drew alongside the Haas as they approached the Turn 2 left-hander.

Other team bosses also condemned the words spoken by Marko in a ServusTV interview in which he linked Sergio Perez's form to his cultural heritage and angered the driver's fellow Mexicans by placing the country in South rather than North America.

Other team bosses also condemned the words spoken by Marko in a ServusTV interview in which he linked Sergio Perez’s form to his cultural heritage, and angered the driver’s fellow Mexicans by placing the country in South rather than North America.

Perez's future has been the subject of endless speculation due to the large performance gap between him and team-mate Max Verstappen this year, with the Dutchman romping to his ninth consecutive victory at Sunday's Dutch Grand Prix.

Verstappen utterly demolished the competition in Sunday's race at Spa-Francorchamps, beating team-mate Sergio Perez by 22 seconds and putting Red Bull's nearest challenger Charles Leclerc on 33 seconds in his Ferrari.

After a strong start to the season when he looked like a genuine threat to teammate Max Verstappen, the Mexican driver buckled under pressure, making unforced errors. The slide has raised questions about his future with the Bulls — questions he must now answer on the track

The Austrian Grand Prix Sprint was won by Max Verstappen with Sergio Perez in second place, but only after the two Red Bull drivers almost crashed into each other at the start