It’s not just about lap time. If Perez fails to deliver points (unlike this year where he’s delivered loads) or is unable to give RBR strategy options in races, then he may be in trouble. Let’s see.Should he have a performance-related contract and if his times are similar to Albon or worse, should the drive be handed back to this season's number two driver?
We all judge drivers on what we can see but do we have any idea about what is going on inside of a team. Pierre Gasly who was given the boot and when back in his old team, he performs. Now we have what outwardly looks just like another failure, Albon and is he to be dumped out of F1?
I see we can discuss MotoGp and we have seen teams that have an exceptional rider that wins a World Championship with relative ease but their team-mates have never got anywhere near them and some of those riders have been ex-World champions.
If Perez cannot get within 0,3 of a second per lap of Verstappen, does that then make Perez a bad driver?