Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has delivered a cryptic response regarding the future of Sergio Perez. The Mexican driver's position in the team has been a major talking point in the F1 paddock for most of the season due to the 34-year-old underdelivering. Perez has a contract for next year, however, a meeting is set to take place after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix between Red Bull shareholders to make a final call on his future. RB driver Liam Lawson is the reported favourite should Perez not be retained, which would result in a fifth different driver partnering with four-time F1 champion Max Verstappen. Across the last seven races, Perez has scored just nine points, compared to Verstappen's 126 since the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Horner confirmed a decision will have been made on Verstappen's team-mate by mid-December. "Our second driver might have made a decision on our second driver at that point," Horner told the New York Times . "So after the season, we will sit down and review the year." When asked if he already knows who will partner Verstappen next season, Horner answered: "First of all, let's go through the review."
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