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The 33-year-old German is joining from Ferrari,
where he has been out of sorts of late, to what will be the
Aston Martin team in 2021 in a move that has pushed on-form
Mexican Perez out of the door.
Perez, three years younger and in the form of his life, is
fourth in the drivers' standings after his first F1 win. He has
no seat lined up for next year, however.
Brawn, in a column on the formula1.com website, repeated his
view that it will be a 'tragedy' if Perez is not racing next
season.
"The team must be thinking about the decisions they have made,
losing him when he's driving so well," said the Briton.
"His replacement Sebastian Vettel I’m sure will come back
stronger, as he's in a bit of a trough at the moment, but Checo
(Perez) is a guaranteed deal. So that’ll be interesting to see
how that develops.
"In a way, Seb has some fairly big shoes to fill now, even if
he’s a world champion."
Vettel won his titles with Red Bull from 2010-13 and has 53 wins
to his credit.
Racing Point's other driver is Lance Stroll, son of the Canadian
billionaire owner Lawrence Stroll and in no danger of losing his
seat.
Brawn also hailed Briton George Russell, who stood in at
Mercedes for Lewis Hamilton while the seven-times world champion
was recovering from COVID-19, for an exceptional performance.
"I always thought he was a good Grand Prix driver," said the
former Mercedes team boss. "But you never know if he has that
last little bit of speed that marks you out as a brilliant
driver.
"George demonstrated that he has got that extra little bit – and
a star is born. There is now no doubt that he’s F1 world
champion material."
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Christian Radnedge)
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