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Marko doubts Perez's 2023 title credentials

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Red Bull driver boss Helmut Marko has doubts over whether Sergio Perez has the ability to challenge Max Verstappen for the 2023 Formula 1 title . In their second season together in 2022, Verstappen dominated the campaign by claiming 15 wins, setting a new all-time season record while also hauling a record-breaking number of points. Perez meanwhile won twice - in Monaco and Singapore - and was just pipped to second place in the standings by Charles Leclerc of Ferrari in the Abu Dhabi finale. Viewed by others: Oscar Piastri Szafnauer: Alpine would close 'Piastri loopholes' in future driver deals Indycar ...

Verstappen exclusive: I had serious doubts about Red Bull's 2022 season

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2022 will go down as one of the most dominant season s any driver will ever produce in Formula 1 thanks to Max Verstappen 's rewriting of the record books. He claimed 15 Grand Prix wins (plus two sprints) and scored 454 points, breaking Lewis Hamilton's 2019 record by 41, winning nine of the final 11 races as he followed the likes of Alberto Ascari, Jim Clark, Mika Hakkinen and Fernando Alonso in becoming a two-time World Champion. Armed with the potent weapon that was the RB18, Verstappen easily saw off the main opposition to his title defence as Charles Leclerc and Ferrari imploded after their strong start to the campaign. This strength of Ferrari coincided with Red Bull being at their weakest in the opening rounds due to a combination of reliability concerns and being massively overweight. Coupled with the fact that Adrian Newey and his team started work on the RB18 relatively late owing to the push for the 2021 title in the white-hot battle against Lewis Hamilt...