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Originally Posted by Artemis
See my earlier post. I am convinced that Verstappen lobbied to keep Perez on board as his wingman. They both get along very well and Verstappen is - from what I heard - known to be loyal to return favors. A good relationship between team mates is beneficial for the whole team.
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Also for PER it's the best team.
Where else should he go? He could be a #1 driver at a lesser team (he could maybe replace VET, ALB or MSC next year) but only a #2 at a top team (maybe replacing RIC). (haven;t checked their contracts, so I have no idea if those drivers even can be switched)
This year in theory he even is a WDC contender (I don't rate him better than Max but he's up there in the points). He likes how this year's RB18 drives and is strong in it, and as this is the first year of a new ruleset, chances are high that next year(s) cars will have somewhat the same performance/characteristics.
He's never been this succesful as with RB.