Red Bull might give wings but for now, only one Red Bull man is flying high, and that’s Max Verstappen. The Dutchman is in phenomenal form this season and is easily cruising toward his third championship in as many seasons. However, this is exactly the cause of Sergio Perez’s misery watching from the other side of the garage. Since revealing his intentions to fight for the championship, the Mexican has fallen off the race a bit after the first seven races. In fact, in the last two races, he has not even managed a podium, which seems to be a bare minimum with the RB19.

This has led Perez to believe the race in Canada will be tighter and he will face yet another challenging weekend. Perez started the campaign off with great promise. However, that seems like a lifetime ago, as Verstappen has pulled 53 points ahead of him. Now, ahead of the Canadian GP, the Mexican is expecting a tough weekend, as quoted by SpeedWeek.

Perez confessed, “We see that the competition is getting closer and the track in Montreal is tricky. There’s always one or two teams that are really close to us. In addition, according to the forecast, the weather will make the work even more difficult, so the field should move even closer together.” [Translated via Google]

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Barcelona saw Mercedes take the fight to Red Bull. Before that, it has been a mix of Aston Martin and Ferrari. It will be interesting to see who shows up to pile on the misery of the Mexican driver in Canada. Although Perez knows what needs to be done, but it’s easier said than done.

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The Mexican sees a masterclass up close from his teammate week in, week out. So the simple answer to all his problems and his attempt to get back in the championship race is to copy his teammate. However, it’s much easier said than it is done and Perez is well aware of that.

“He always showed a good performance when it mattered and he didn’t have a single bad weekend this year. I have to do that too, I can’t afford to have more bad race weekends. I have to be more consistent, because Max was very good at that too,” he admitted.

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Perez knows what he needs to do. However, it will be a mountainous effort to achieve that. It will be fascinating to see if he can pull up his socks and close the gap in the coming races.