I think the data and performance at the beginning of the year gives a more realistic picture, of course it's not at the level of max but the development in the car is usually done according to the champion driver. This is a very important detail and you have to do this if the champion pilot wins you every race. As the car improves, max's performance improves and for Perez there are question marks, which probably creates more question marks in himself. Max prefers cars with a strong front end, while checo feels comfortable driving cars with a strong rear end, as many drivers do. At the end of the day, the driver's self-doubts also increase and the result is obvious. Perez is a driver who gets demoralized quickly and loses his in-season stability, but if we saw him at Aston martin for example, I think he would have scored as many points as Alonso.
Nice explanation on what is happening with Sergio Perez for sure in a different set-up for the car for each driver for sure and pretty much Sergio Perez is not accustomed to the way Max Verstappen handles the Strong front end car while Perez is having a difficult time towards it and is the race in Shizuka Perez was caught up with the first-lap incident resulting in a damage with his car and it was a wing damage and so a wing replacement is needed so going into the pit stop while the safety car was out He picked up a time penalty for a Safety Car infringement during this phase, having overtaken cars both coming into the pits and exiting, in it
Another one was with the Haas Kevin Magnussen Sergio Perez made an illegal overtaking attempt so he got a five-second time penalty for the incident, and because of that another collision he needed another front wing to change but because he had not served his second penalty by the time Red Bull opted to bring in his car and retire him from the race on Lap 15,