Is this the Final Mexican Grand Prix for Perez?

It's now been 2 seasons that we have all be talking about the safety of Sergio Perez's seat at Redbull. Previously he has been saved by an under performing potential replacement in the form of Nyck De Vries & Daniel Ricciardo or in more recent months an under performing car but has that changed with the return to F1 of  Visa RB's Liam Lawson.  

After almost a full season Daniel Ricciardo was finally replaced by Liam Lawson after never managing to put forth the stand out results needed to keep his seat at the Redbull feeder team or even be promoted back to main Redbull seat along side Max. 
The much anticipated return of Lawson has only renewed the pressure on Perez with the young Kiwi finishing his 1st race back on the grid 9th, inside the points and just 2 places behind Perez(7th) in the far inferior Visa RB car. Also beating team mate and long term Visa RB driver Yuki Tsunoda(14th) by 5 places. 

Lawson has never hidden his determination to race for the number 1 team and along side the reigning World Champion but can he make enough of an impression in the last 5 Grand Prix weekends we have between now and the end of the season to make this Perez's last Mexican Grand Prix? Or can Sergio have a far stronger end the year? 
He has a lot to prove. Redbull will want to see him scoring strong consistent points and being in the right place to help team mate Max Verstappen retain this years World Driver Championship as the Mclaren & Ferrari drivers consistently close the points gap. 
Does he even want to carry on? This he has been very clear on! He isn't leaving and has every intention of being in the Redbull till 2026 but we all know that when your time is up at Redbull you don't always get a say in it!  
The pressure is on Perez this weekend and every weekend till the end of the season but there is a very real chance Sunday could be the last home race of his career!
​If Lawson has anything to say about it, it will be!  

Joanna Blackmore 
Writer @f1journal.co.uk