President of Ferrari, Luca di Montezemolo, has insisted that Mexican Sauber driver Sergio Perez, who finished second behind Italian Grand Prix winner Lewis Hamilton, is not ready to drive a Ferrari yet, insisting Perez is still lacking experience.
With the Swiss team, the Mexican is enjoying a very good season, having finished on the podium three times, including last weekend at Monza where he overtook both Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa to finish second behind the McLaren of Lewis Hamilton.
Many believe that the Sauber driver will be replacing Brazilian Ferrari driver Felipe Massa, who has been struggling to score valuable points for Ferrari, prompting di Montezemolo to play down talk of Perez landing a Ferrari drive for next year back in June.
Although the Mexican continued to impress this season, the Ferrari President stresses that next year would still be too soon for Perez to join the Scuderia.
Speaking to Sky Sports News, di Montezemolo said: "Next season is too early. I'm very pleased for him [referring to his second place finish last weekend at Monza] because first of all it shows that our choice when we have picked up him as a young driver was good.
"Then it is thanks to Sauber and thanks to the Ferrari Academy that he grows up. To put a young guy to Ferrari with the pressure of Ferrari, you need more experience.
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Di Montezemolo also said he would welcome German Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari in the future should the double World Champion leave his team.
"I think that Vettel is more or less in the condition like when Michael was in Benetton," di Montezemolo added. "He's younger, he's a very good driver and he's making a very good experience so in theory, if you have to ask me a name, I could tell you his name."
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2024 F1 Championship Standings (as of April 21)
P | Driver | Team | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 110 |
2 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 85 |
3 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 76 |
4 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 69 |
5 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 58 |
6 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 38 |
7 | George Russell | Mercedes | 33 |
8 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 31 |
9 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 19 |
10 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 9 |
11 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB | 7 |
12 | Oliver Bearman | Ferrari | 6 |
13 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas | 4 |
14 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1 |
15 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 0 |
16 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB | 0 |
17 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 0 |
18 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 0 |
19 | Valtteri Bottas | Kick Sauber | 0 |
20 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | 0 |
21 | Zhou Guanyu | Kick Sauber | 0 |
P | Team | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Oracle Red Bull Racing | 195 |
Poles: 5 Sprint wins: 1 GP wins: 4 | ||
2 | Scuderia Ferrari | 151 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 1 | ||
3 | McLaren F1 Team | 96 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
4 | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 52 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
5 | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team | 40 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
6 | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team | 7 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
7 | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team | 5 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
8 | Williams Racing | 0 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
9 | BWT Alpine F1 Team | 0 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
10 | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber | 0 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 |
2024 MotoGP Championship Standings (as of April 14)
P | Rider | Team | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jorge Martin | Pramac Racing | 80 |
2 | Enea Bastianini | Ducati Lenovo | 59 |
3 | Maverick Viñales | Aprilia Racing | 56 |
4 | Pedro Acosta | GASGAS Tech3 | 54 |
5 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati Lenovo | 50 |
6 | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM | 49 |
7 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia Racing | 39 |
8 | Marc Marquez | Gresini Racing | 36 |
9 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Pertamina Enduro VR46 | 25 |
10 | Jack Miller | Red Bull KTM | 22 |
11 | Marco Bezzecchi | Pertamina Enduro VR46 | 20 |
12 | Fabio Quartararo | Monster Energy Yamaha | 19 |
13 | Alex Marquez | Gresini Racing | 14 |
14 | Miguel Oliveira | Trackhouse Racing | 13 |
15 | Joan Mir | Repsol Honda | 7 |
16 | Raul Fernandez | Trackhouse Racing | 7 |
17 | Augusto Fernandez | GASGAS Tech3 | 7 |
18 | Johann Zarco | LCR Honda Castrol | 5 |
19 | Alex Rins | Monster Energy Yamaha | 3 |
20 | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda Idemitsu | 2 |
21 | Luca Marini | Repsol Honda | 0 |
22 | Franco Morbidelli | Pramac Racing | 0 |
P | Team | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Ducati Lenovo Team | 109 |
Poles: 1 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 1 | ||
2 | Aprilia Racing | 95 |
Poles: 1 Sprint wins: 2 GP wins: 1 | ||
3 | Prima Pramac Racing | 80 |
Poles: 1 Sprint wins: 1 GP wins: 1 | ||
4 | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 71 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
5 | Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 | 61 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
6 | Gresini Racing MotoGP | 50 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
7 | Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team | 45 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
8 | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 22 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
9 | Trackhouse Racing | 20 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
10 | Repsol Honda Team | 7 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
11 | LCR Honda Team | 7 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 |