Perez is doing what Bottas should do when Hamilton is leading, make opponents lose time for overtaking.
He is a good second drive for Redbull.
Bottas is almost useless and it's years I'm saying it.
I would say the same, except that Perez is still below his potential, Bottas has a benefit for Mercedes, he also continuously scores points for the Constructors' World Championship, Perez still has to improve. But I think he will, he gets along better and better with the car and will also score more and more continuously.
Bottas will fade into obscurity at Alfa, how long did Bottas get a contract, after that will be the end of career.
I agree that Bottas is definitely better than Perez, this is obvious on drivers' standings as well but also it is obvious from the very last race as well. Mercedes seems to find some more speed, even Bottas managed to keep Max behind which wasn't something I expected to be fair.
At the end of the day Perez missed so many chances to be there, whereas Bottas always uses his chances and gains points. Dude may not be the best driver in the world, and he is racing in a wonderful car, but he also managed to come in second so many years behind Hamilton as well, that should show you that he has been a good teammate to Hamilton even if not a great driver himself. Where is perez? Dude is so much behind Max, if you want a good teammate, then that teammate should be around you, this is why Bottas has been great but he is now 30+ years old and since they can't fire Hamilton, they needed to send Bottas away to get a younger blood.
The number one problem for Perez is that his usually underperformed in Q3 so he starts far behind the top and cannot offer the assistance to Verstappen also he was unlucky on some races as RedBull strategy most of the time is not helping him, as he dropped points one time so that Hamilton doesn't get extra points from fast lap so he pitted and took it from him but it costs him losing points from the race.
I think both Bottas and Perez are helping their own team but Bittas is also benefitting from qualifying high and getting more points for the Constructors championship.