The world champion believes that the Mexican driver will be a bigger threat than Alex Albon was
Lewis Hamilton says he’s “happy” to see that Sergio Perez won a chance at Red Bull and noted that it will put the team in a stronger position to win in 2021.
Checo Pérez will be your partner Max Verstappen in 2021 after being confirmed as Alex Albon’s replacement – the young Thai man fought from start to finish this year, despite two podiums, he was out of the rhythm of his teammate several times, leaving Verstappen to fight alone against Mercedes drivers.
In contrast, Checo Pérez has launched an impressive campaign in 2020 and got his first F1 victory by winning at Sakhir.
When asked if he was excited to face a more experienced Red Bull, Hamilton replied, “Definitely.”
“With all due respect to Albon, I was in the race, Veltteri (Bottas) against Max. I was in the position Max was in when I was at McLaren and I was the driver of one and the second car was not there to fight. When we fought with Ferrari, they could play with strategy and make it much harder for us. “
“Of course, this makes Red Bull stronger, especially because of the way Sergio has evolved. I think he drove incredibly this year and it’s really worth the car. I was like that, so happy to hear that it was taken over by one of the top teams. I think it will be a thrilling battle against Max. “
“This will make it more difficult for us as a team, we really need to improve our game, because it will be a battle we haven’t seen in a while, with two drivers fighting. But as a team we prepare for, we like the challenge and it will make it much more interesting“.
Next year Lewis Hamilton will look to become the most successful driver of all time. This course equaled the seven Michael Schumacher championships, and next year Mercedes will again be the favorite team with the best driver in the world today.