Sergio Perez’s future at Red Bull and in Formula 1 is currently uncertain after a disappointing season that saw him score just 48 points across 17 races since the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix in May. 

With Red Bull finishing third in the constructors' championship, Perez’s underperformance has raised questions about whether he will remain as Max Verstappen's teammate in 2025.

Despite signing a two-year extension to his contract ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix, Perez’s failure to deliver results has made it highly unlikely that he will continue with the team beyond this season.

A crucial meeting involving Red Bull's senior management is set for Monday to discuss "the right and appropriate way forward" with the partnership between Perez and the team.

"Well look, let's sit down with Checo and reflect on the year, it would be inappropriate to comment before that," said Red Bull team principal Christian Horner quoted by RacingNews365.

"Obviously those discussions will happen now the season is out of the way, we'll sit down with him and reflect on the season and obviously where it has gone wrong, and collectively work out what is the right and appropriate way forward.

"Checo has been a great servant of the team going back to this race in 2021, the contribution that he made to the 2022 and 2023 constructors' world championships, five race victories, second in last year's drivers' championship.

"He's done an awful lot for this team, but we will sit down and reflect on the season and how we move forward, but there is no immediate rush and we have all the permutations available to us internally.

"It would be wrong for me to speculate on what next year may look like until he and I have sat down and reflected on it as a team."

The focus is now on potential replacements, with Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda emerging as the leading candidates to step into the seat. Tsunoda is scheduled for a test with Red Bull's RB20 on Tuesday, which could further influence the team's decision-making process.

Therefore, the final decision may not come immediately as the team is likely to wait until after Tsunoda’s test before making any official announcements about its 2025 line-up.

"All the facts will be discussed, and I guess a decision will be made. When it will be announced? I don't think it will be Monday," hinted Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko to Motorsport.com.

"And of course we will wait for the result [of Tsunoda’s test] before we make an announcement of the decision."