Red Bull Formula 1 team principal Christian Horner has revealed how a canny Bernie Ecclestone emerged the only winner from a bet he had with Sergio Perez last weekend.
With Perez returning to the Japanese Grand Prix for the first time since one of his most disappointing events of the 2023 campaign, Horner was especially intrigued about how well the Mexican would do. So, with Perez’s previous best qualifying performance in Japan having been fourth place on the grid in 2022, he offered to pay out a hefty wager if his driver could get himself on the front row of the grid.
” While the front row bet situation amused Horner, he actually was left full of praise for the attacking drive that Perez put in throughout the Japanese Grand Prix – which included some brave overtaking moves in 130R Horner added: “Checo in particular has had a strong weekend, qualifying within one tenth of his team-mate here. “His race pace was strong, and obviously he had the disadvantage of having to come back through the traffic.
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