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Perez thought he had ‘no chance' of Red Bull drive

Sergio Perez admits he always thought he did not stand a chance of racing for Red Bull in Formula 1 due to not being part of the team’s junior programme. The Mexican has been signed up to race alongside Max Verstappen at the Milton Keynes-based squad in 2021, replacing Alexander Albon, who has slipped into a reserve driver role. Perez is the first driver since Mark Webber in 2007 to join Red Bull while having no affiliation with the team’s junior academy. Due to the success of Red Bull’s young driver programme, Perez says he never believed he would get the chance to race for the four-time world champions. “Of all the teams that are in F1, I always thought that Red Bull was no...
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