At the end of a disappointing — in his own words, “terrible” — year, Pérez didn’t even get the chance to complete a single lap in the Abu Dhabi season finale. The clout from Bottas, for which the Sauber driver was penalized, caused Pérez’s RB20 to lose power and come to a halt.

Mexican Formula 1 star Sergio Perez, one of the top drivers in the sport over the last five years, is expected to part with Oracle Red Bull Racing at the end of this season.

Per reporting from ESPN, The Race, and Planet F1 Pérez’s time as a driver with Red Bull will end following the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the final race of the 2024 F1 season. Results in Qatar not only eliminated Red Bull from Constructors’ Championship contention but locked Pérez into a P8 finish in the Drivers’ Championship.

But focus is currently on the future of veteran Sergio Perez, amid the expectation that Red Bull Racing’s senior management will next week meet to remove him from its 2025 driver lineup. Perez has endured a lackluster season, is only eighth in the championship, and has taken only four podiums—none since April.

Even in the throes of a miserable run of form to end what he has labeled a “terrible” Formula One season with Red Bull, Sergio Pérez’s outward confidence about his future has never been shaken. On Thursday,

Sergio Perez looks set to be on the way out from Formula One and Red Bull after a torrid 2024 campaign. Various reports after Sunday’s race in Qatar state that Red Bull are set to move on from the 34-year-old after the season finale in Abu Dhabi this weekend,

Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner had said after the Qatar Grand Prix that he would let Sergio Perez "come to his own conclusions".