The question now should be:
can Perez fight for the title against Max until the end of the season?
I don't think the other team can gain 1 second per lap in races to compete with them.
That would be something imho. And it would show how good really Verstappen is and all the argument that it's just because of the car will come to a close. It's pretty much the same point I was making about Vettel before during his RBR days. If Vettel was a bad driver and just depended on the car then why can't Webber, who was a decent F1 driver himself, couldn't out race Vettel and make the competition between them close?
Anyway, it's starting to show that Perez might have other plans and wouldn't just play second fiddle. The genius of Horner is he already got Perez's replacement ready... Ricciardo.
@tokeweed I feel that Perez will stretch Max till the very final race, and it’ll be an epic rivalry between these two and while I feel that Max will prevail in the end but my gut say's that in the end Perez will stun Max, so be careful with your bets on either of them because it’s very difficult to pick a winner between these two. Also it’s pertinent to note that Hamilton who once used to be in the top 2 or top 3 drivers standing has fallen down from the top 3 spot and that’s another sign that he should call it quits and gracefully retire.