Sergio Perez has endured a miserable season but now his teammate is starting to struggle. Damon Hill has offered Credence to Sergio Perez's theory that Max for stappen struggles can be attributed to the fact that he is now suffering from the same issues that have plagued the Mexican drivers since the Miami Grand Pria Perez started the 2024 campaign while collecting four podiums in the first five races and helping Red Bull build a commanding lead at the top of the constructor's championship standings however since then his form has nose-dived and the 35-year-old hasn't climbed onto the rostrom since Red Bull have been searching for the reason behind the gulf in performance between Perez and verstappen for months to little Avail but now the struggles have spread to the three-time world champion in Monza he finished in sixth with his teammate close behind in eighth I really feel like I'm in the same boat as I've been in the last 10 races Perez told f1tv but now all of a sudden Max has come to similar issues so there's a little bit of confusion there but it's clear in the data where the problem is Perez is not alone in his thinking either adding more support to the six time Grand pre Winner's theory was 1996 World Champion Damon Hill who took to the ex social media platform to add the same thought crossed my mind thinking Emoji wver STA and struggles Will Comfort Perez in many ways they will do little to bolster the Mexicans performance the former racing Point driver was still 16 seconds behind his teammate on Sunday and that was after Red Bull botched the Dutchman's final pit