Sergio Perez relapsed into poor form at the Singapore Grand Prix last weekend. Perez had shown small signs of improvement since the summer break, but only scored one point under the lights. Red Bull considered axing the Mexican in July but ultimately kept faith. His results in the Netherlands and Italy – sixth and eighth – weren’t impressive, but the key difference was that Max Verstappen was no longer challenging for victories. Prior to the race in Singapore, Red Bull engineers even apologised to Perez. They told him they should have heeded his concerns about the RB20’s handling earlier, with…
