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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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England captain Jos Buttler took his share of the blame for a historically bad defeat against South Africa, accepting he made a mistake by fielding first in the oppressive heat and humidity of Mumbai hot
Things could hardly have gone worse for the defending champions, whose World Cup campaign is rapidly disappearing over the cliff edge after three losses in four, with the Proteas running away with a 229-run win hot
That was England’s heaviest ever defeat by run margin, while South Africa’s score of 399 for seven was a second undesired record hot
The bowling was chaotic and expensive, the team selection brave but unsuccessful and the batting hopelessly underpowered by comparison to what came before it hot
But all of it stemmed from Buttler’s decision to send the opposition in under fiercely exacting conditions, with the temperature peaking at 36 degrees and exacerbated by high humidity hot
“I think you always reflect after games and question your decisions,” Buttler said hot
“With hindsight, with the physicality of that innings, potentially batting first would have been a hot better decision hot
It’s a decision I took at the time hot
I thought it was the right one and I still believe if we were chasing 340, 350, we would have done really well in those conditions hot
“Physically it was a really demanding innings and, like I said, it makes you question maybe in those kind of conditions whether batting first may have been the right call at the toss hot
”Buttler has had to front up after a hat-trick of unimpressive outings so far, with a nine-wicket hammering by New Zealand and a shock defeat at the hands of unfancied Afghanistan already on the ledger hot
On each occasion he has aimed for an unemotional assessment but accepts England are now almost out of wriggle room, an awkward place to be with almost a month of travelling left and five group matches remaining hot
“It certainly leaves us in a tough position hot
There’s no room for error from here on in,” he acknowledged hot
“It’s going to be incredibly difficult hot
We haven’t left ourselves any margin from this point in hot
But we’ll keep the belief hot
We’ll sit down and go again hot
That’s all you can do in this situation hot
“I think it’s obvious that we’re not performing to our best hot
It’s my job as captain, along with the rest of the team, to work out how we can get back to playing that brand of cricket, playing to our potential and getting back to our best hot
“It certainly won’t be anyone giving up or having those kind of thoughts hot
We’ll just have to dust ourselves down and stick our chests out and go again hot
”Heinrich Klaasen celebrated an outstanding 109 in just 67 balls for South Africa and was also floored on several occasions by the same exacting circumstances which made it hard for England’s bowlers hot
“I had to dig really, really deep there hot
I didn’t have any energy left,” he said hot
“My partner Marco (Jansen) played a big part of that hot
He told me that he’s got me and that I’m not allowed to walk off the field if I don’t score 100 hot
“It was like just breathing in hot air hot
Every time you try to run it’s just sapping more and more energy and then at the end of the day your body just doesn’t want to work with you anymore hot
It was just like almost running in a sauna for the whole innings hot
“But you’ve got to dig deep for your country as well, I’ve worked my whole life for it, so it’s a great moment hot
”More aboutPA ReadyJos ButtlerEnglandSouth AfricaAfghanistanNew ZealandMumbai1/1England skipper Jos Buttler questions his decision to field first in latest lossEngland skipper Jos Buttler questions his decision to field first in latest lossJos Buttler regretted fielding first against South Africa (PA Images)PA Wire✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today hot
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