Perez hopes Purple Bull’s fortunes enhance after a difficult begin to the 12 months and he has additionally backed Tsunoda to ship alongside Verstappen.
“I really need the crew to do nicely, as I’ve loads of buddies on the crew,” stated Perez. “I spent 4 years with them and I wish to see them doing nicely. It’s only a very arduous factor to speak about.
“Proper now, I’m on the skin, I’ve been in contact with some crew members there – however while you’re not there internally, it’s arduous to know [what’s happening].
“For me, it was quite simple, the automobile is simply fairly troublesome to get 100% out of it, to get the arrogance out of it – and the issues I struggled with, even Adrian [Newey, the team’s former design chief] talked about them.
“However I wish to want them one of the best. Woody, who is a good good friend of mine, is engineering Yuki now so I actually hope they do nicely.
“Yuki has the expertise, has the velocity and, greater than that, you want the mentality to deal with it. I believe he has the proper mentality and the proper angle to deal with it. I hope they are going to succeed.”
