Sergio Perez suspects anti-Mexican sentiment was behind a wave of recent criticism of his performance in 2022. “The win is really special for me, because I’ve had a bit of a rough patch in the last few races,” said Perez. The narrative in the last few months is that as teammate Max Verstappen established his dominant grip on the world championship, Perez has struggled with the direction of Red Bull’s car development. But Perez says that narrative ultimately led to calls for Red Bull to find a way out of the Mexican’s 2023 and 2024 contract extension, which was signed in May.

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