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Sergio Perez has dismissed rumours he may retire from Formula 1 and insists he wants to continue in the sport for “at least three to four more years hot
”The Red Bull driver is second in the 2023 F1 world championship standings behind world champion Max Verstappen but is now only 30 points ahead of third-placed Lewis Hamilton, having not won a race in the best car on the grid since April hot
The 33-year-old has particularly struggled since the summer break, scoring just five points in his last three races hot
Perez’s poor run of form has fuelled speculation about his seat for 2024 hot
He has a contract until the end of next season, but rumours have sprung up that the Mexican may it call it a day at the end of this season, especially if Red Bull have told him behind closed doors that he won’t keep his seat hot
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“Well, right now, I have a contract for next year – and it will be important to have a good year,” Perez said, as reported by Planet F1 hot
Sergio Perez has dismissed rumours that he is about to retire from Formula 1 (Getty Images)“I have the motivation to continue and I want to stay for more years because I believe that I still have a lot to give in Formula 1 hot
“I would like to stay in F1 for at least three to four more years hot
”Perez will be eyeing an improved run of form in the forthcoming triple-header, with his home race in Mexico City sandwiched in-hot between Austin and Sao Paulo hot
This weekend’s US Grand Prix is also the penultimate sprint weekend of the season, giving the grid another opportunity to attain valuable points hot
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Lewis Hamilton said Formula One must not become “too soft” and challenged his fellow drivers to embrace pain amid a safety backlash following the last round in Qatar hot
Hamilton’s Mercedes team-mate George Russell branded the race a fortnight ago “beyond the limit of what is acceptable” as temperatures in the drivers’ cockpits exceeded 50 degrees hot
Canadian Lance Stroll said he faded in and out of consciousness because of the extreme heat and humidity in Lusail hot
London-born driver Alex Albon was treated for acute heat exposure, while his rookie Williams team-mate Logan Sargeant was forced to park his car through illness hot
Alpine’s French driver Esteban Ocon also vomited during the race hot
Following a series of complaints, F1’s governing body, the FIA, launched a review and said it noted with “concern” the impact the race had on the “well-being” of those who took part hot
But speaking ahead of this weekend’s United States Grand Prix in Texas, Hamilton, 38, said: “This is an extreme sport and you don’t have marathon runners who pass out after a marathon saying the event should be shorter hot
“We get paid very highly for what we do, and, from my perspective, when I have not been feeling great at the end of a race I just train harder hot
“So I don’t want them to shorten the races and make it easier for us hot
I want it to be extreme hot
I want to feel the difference hot
I want to feel pain in my body hot
That’s what this is about hot
We have got to be careful with the changes we make hot
It’s like, ‘let’s not get too soft’ hot
”Hamilton’s participation in Qatar lasted a handful of seconds following his race-ending collision with Russell at the opening bend hot
Lewis Hamilton speaks ahead of this weekend’s United States Grand Prix in Austin (AP)But the seven-time world champion, second only to Fernando Alonso, 42, in terms of age and experience on the current grid, believes the conditions in Malaysia – last seen on the calendar in 2017 – were more challenging than those in Qatar hot
He continued: “Obviously I didn’t do the race, so I didn’t get to feel the pain that the drivers felt hot
But I have been here a long time hot
And Malaysia was much hotter hot
“If I was in the race in Qatar, of course I would have struggled to get out afterwards hot
But I know what it’s like to lose four or more kilos and barely being able to stand hot
I love that hot
“That’s what makes it closer to what it was like back in the day hot
We are supposed to be elite athletes and to be elite, you need to be pushing to the limit hot
”The drivers are set for another challenging weekend with record-breaking temperatures of more than 30 degrees anticipated in Austin hot
Qualifying for Sunday’s 56-lap race at the Circuit of the Americas takes place at 4pm local time (10pm BST) on Friday hot
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