A lack of wheel-to-wheel action in Sunday’s Azerbaijan GP aside, the world championship battle is at least interesting. Sergio Perez is now just 6 points behind Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen following the Mexican’s sprint race-plus-grand prix double victory. “As long as it doesn’t harm the team, they can compete against each other,” Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said. And so for now, it appears to be a head-to-head for the title between Verstappen and Perez. “Both of our drivers are great and they have their strengths,” Red Bull’s Marko said. “I see it as a problem that Perez knows his time at Red Bull will end. But being his teammate is certainly not easy – I certainly wouldn’t have wanted to be.”.

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