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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pérez and the second or maternal family name is Mendoza.

Sergio Pérez
Pérez in 2016
BornSergio Pérez Mendoza
(1990-01-26) 26 January 1990 (age 34)
Guadalajara, Mexico
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityMexico Mexican
Car number11
Entries282 (278 starts)
Championships0
Wins6
Podiums39
Career points1637
Pole positions3
Fastest laps12
First entry2011 Australian Grand Prix
First win2020 Sakhir Grand Prix
Last win2020 Sakhir Grand Prix
Last entry2024 São Paulo Grand Prix
2020 position4th (125 pts)
WebsiteOfficial website

Sergio Pérez Mendoza (Spanish: [ˈseɾxjo ˈpeɾes] ⓘ; born 26 January 1990),[2] nicknamed "Checo",[3] is a Mexican racing driver who races in Formula One for Red Bull Racing, having previously driven for Sauber, McLaren, Force India and Racing Point. He won his first Formula One Grand Prix at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, breaking the record for the number of starts before a race win at 190.[4]

Pérez was a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy until 2012. He made his Formula One debut driving for Sauber during the 2011 season. He took his first Formula One podium at the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix with Sauber. Due to his young age and performance, he was referred to as "The Mexican Wunderkind".[5] Pérez joined McLaren for the 2013 season, but the team did not score a single podium finish. Subsequently, for the 2014 season, the team decided to replace Pérez with Kevin Magnussen.[6][7]

Force India signed Pérez in for the 2014 season with a €15 million deal.[8] He remained with Force India after they went into administration in the latter half of 2018, and then their reformation as Racing Point F1 in 2019. In 2019, Racing Point signed a three-year extension with Pérez.[9] However, he later announced he would be leaving the team at the end of the 2020 season because the team decided to replace Pérez with Sebastian Vettel. He was instead signed for Red Bull Racing for the 2021 season.[10]

Personal life

Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Pérez is the youngest child of Antonio Pérez Garibay and Marilú Mendoza de Pérez; he also has an older sister Paola and an older brother Antonio,[11] a retired stock car racing driver who competed in the NASCAR Mexico Series. Pérez is married to Carola Martínez, and they have two children.[12] Pérez is a Roman Catholic.[13]

Both Pérez brothers are association football fans, stating that they thought about leaving car racing to play professionally.[citation needed] The brothers are friends of Mexican international Javier Hernández.[14] In an interview in 2012 for the official Formula One website, Pérez revealed that if he had not been a driver he would have liked to be a lawyer.[15]

In November 2012, Pérez unveiled the Checo Pérez Foundation to support orphans and children with cancer. His sister Paola was the foundation's president.[16]

Early career

Karting

Pérez began his career at the age of 6 years in karting in 1996.[17] In his first year of competition he achieved four victories in the junior category at the end of the year and claimed the runner-up spot in the category. In 1997, he participated in the karting Youth Class, where he was the youngest driver in the category and earned a win, five podiums and finished fourth in the championship.

The following year, he returned to compete in the junior category, where he had eight wins; and at the end of the campaign, he became the youngest driver to become champion of the category. He also participated in several races in Shifter 125 cc, and competed in Master Kadets, where he finished on the podium.

In 1999, he raced in the 80 cc Shifter category, where he took three wins and finished third in the championship. Pérez also became the youngest driver to win a competition in the category, after obtaining special permission from the Federation to participate in the 80 cc Shifter.

In 2000, he raced in the Shifter 80 cc Championship, and also participated in three races in the Shifter 125 cc category which was part of the Telmex Challenge. However, Pérez was not satisfied with the results and the following season, was up for another championship, this time on the 125cc Shifter Regional, and once again was the youngest driver to compete in the category. With all these achievements, the Mexican driver caught the attention of scouts for Escuderia Telmex.

With six wins in 2002, Pérez finished as the national runner-up in the Shifter 125 cc category, and participated in the global race Shifter 80 cc, in Las Vegas, where qualified fifth and finished in 11th place.

In 2003, he was leading both championships in the 125 cc category, but withdrew from the last seven races, which proved to be a disappointment in his title aspirations. However, he finished in third place in Telmex Challenge, in addition to winning the Cup runner-up in Mexico. In the same year, he was also invited to attend the Easy Kart 125 Shootout, where he competed against drivers from around the world and managed to qualify in first place to eventually take the checkered flag, while he was the youngest in the category.

Skip Barber

Pérez competed in the United States-based Skip Barber National Championship in 2004. Driving for a team sponsored by Mexican telecommunications company Telmex, he finished eleventh in the championship.

Formula BMW

Pérez moved to Europe for 2005 to compete in the German Formula BMW ADAC series. He was allowed to live in a restaurant owned by his team manager for four months.[18] He finished fourteenth in the championship, driving for 4speed Media, and improved to sixth position the following year.

A1 Grand Prix

In the 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season, Pérez took part in a single round of the championship for A1 Team Mexico. He was the third-youngest driver to take part in the series.

Formula Three

Pérez switched to the British Formula 3 Championship for 2007. Pérez relocated his personal residence to Oxford.[18] He competed in the National Class – for older chassis – with the T-Sport team, winning the championship by a comfortable margin. In the process, he won two-thirds of the races and a similar proportion of pole positions, and finished all but two races on the podium.

For 2008, he and T-Sport graduated to the premier International Class of the championship, where he was one of the few drivers to be equipped with a Mugen Honda engine. After leading the championship early in the season, he eventually finished fourth in the drivers' standings.

GP2 Series

Pérez driving for Campos Grand Prix in the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series

Pérez drove for the Campos Grand Prix team in the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series, partnering Russian driver Vitaly Petrov. He was the first Mexican driver to compete at this level of motorsport since Giovanni Aloi took part in International Formula 3000 in 1990. He won his first GP2 Asia Series race at Sakhir, winning from lights-to-flag in the sprint race having started from pole position. He added a second win at Losail, during the sprint race of the night meeting in Qatar.

He moved to Arden International for the main 2009 GP2 Series, driving alongside fellow Formula Three graduate Edoardo Mortara. Pérez finished twelfth in the standings, with a best result of second coming at Valencia. In the off-season, he contested two rounds of the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series for Barwa Addax, ahead of a 2010 main series campaign with the team.[19] He won five races, and finished second in the standings behind Pastor Maldonado.[20]

Formula One

Sauber (2011–2012)

2011 season

See also: 2011 Formula One World Championship
Pérez driving for Sauber at the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix

On 4 October 2010, Sauber announced that Pérez would join the team in 2011, replacing Nick Heidfeld. Sauber subsequently announced a partnership with Pérez's sponsor Telmex.[21] He became the fifth Mexican to compete in Formula One, and the first since Héctor Rebaque competed between 1977 and 1981. He also became a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy scheme in October 2010.[22]

Pérez finished seventh in his first race, the Australian Grand Prix, impressing observers by stopping to change tyres only once, becoming the only driver in the field to make fewer than two stops.[23] However, both Sauber cars were subsequently disqualified for infringing technical regulations.[24] He failed to repeat the result in Malaysia where body parts flew off Sébastien Buemi's Toro Rosso car and into the electrical system of Pérez's Sauber, forcing his retirement. The Chinese Grand Prix saw him start in 12th position and he struggled during the race as well as making contact with several drivers en route to 17th. He followed that up with fourteenth in Turkey, before a ninth-place finish in Spain – ahead of teammate Kamui Kobayashi in tenth – to take his first Formula One points.

During the third part of qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix, Pérez lost control of his car upon exiting the circuit's tunnel section, swung to the right and crashed into the barrier, before sliding across the chicane and hitting the TecPro barrier with a heavy side impact.[25] He was seen holding his hands around his head in an attempt to protect it just before the final impact. The session was suspended, and marshals and medical personnel extricated Pérez from his car. A Sauber team spokesman said that he was conscious and able to talk after the accident, and had been taken to the circuit's medical centre.[26] He suffered a sprained thigh and concussion, and did not take part in the race the following day, on medical grounds.[27] After taking part in the first practice session of the Canadian Grand Prix, Pérez did not feel well enough and decided not to take any further part, and was replaced by Pedro de la Rosa.[28]

Pérez returned for the European Grand Prix and finished eleventh after attempting to run the race on a one-stop strategy. He took a career best seventh at the British Grand Prix and eleventh in Germany. After a fifteenth place in Hungary, he retired in Belgium with suspension failure. This was followed by a gearbox failure while running seventh in Italy, before he scored a point in Singapore after losing ninth place to Felipe Massa. In Japan he took eighth place, before a sixteenth-place finish in Korea, tenth in India, and an eleventh-place finish in Abu Dhabi. He finished sixteenth in the Drivers' Championship with fourteen points.

On 28 July, it was announced that Pérez would remain with Sauber into the 2012 season, alongside teammate Kobayashi.[29] On 13 September, Pérez tested for Ferrari as part of the Ferrari Driver Academy in a Ferrari F60, Ferrari's car from the 2009 season. Pérez conducted the test with fellow academy member Jules Bianchi.[30]

2012 season

See also: 2012 Formula One World Championship
Pérez chasing Alonso for the lead of the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix, where he achieved his first podium in Formula One

Pérez started the season with eighth place at the Australian Grand Prix, losing several places on the final lap due to excessively-worn tyres.[31] In the second round at Malaysia, he went on to battle with Fernando Alonso for the win. In the dying laps of the race he was able to close the gap to 0.5 seconds, but was not able to make the pass as he went wide at turn 14 and fell back, finishing 2.2 seconds behind Alonso in second. Many observers praised his performance despite his late-race error,[32][33][34] taking Sauber's best result as an independent team.[35] This drive won him plaudits and fuelled speculation of a move to Ferrari in the near future.[36] However, Pérez later told reporters that he expected to stay with Sauber until at least the end of the 2012 season.[37]

At the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix, he qualified a career-best eighth, but finished the race in eleventh place after problems with pit strategy and also his car's clutch.[38] He finished outside the points in the next three races – despite recording the fastest lap in Monaco,[39] before Pérez achieved his second career podium at the Canadian Grand Prix, finishing the race in third place, having started fifteenth.[40]

Pérez on his way to third place in the 2012 Canadian Grand Prix, his second podium finish

In the European Grand Prix, Pérez qualified in fifteenth place, citing a handling imbalance and the car feeling "unpredictable" as reasons for the gap to Kobayashi in seventh.[41] He improved to ninth place in the race, but raised poor qualifying form as an issue for the team.[42] On lap 12 of the British Grand Prix, he collided with Pastor Maldonado, forcing him to retire with broken suspension. He later criticised the Venezuelan, claiming "Everybody has concerns about him" before adding, "He is a driver who doesn't know that we are risking our lives and has no respect at all".[43] Maldonado received a double penalty in the form of a reprimand and a €10,000 fine after the race. Pérez later added: "Just look at the last races. He ruined Hamilton's race (in Valencia), he ruined my race in Monaco by doing stupid things. I don't understand why the stewards don't take a serious decision with him. With Pastor they're not doing anything that will teach him a lesson."[44]

Pérez at the 2012 United States Grand Prix

For the German Grand Prix, Pérez started in 17th position but was able to make his way through the field, and ultimately finished the race in 6th place.[45] At the Belgian Grand Prix, he made it into Q3 and qualified fifth fastest. A penalty for Maldonado subsequently promoted Pérez to a career-best fourth on the grid.[46] In the race, he was forced to retire in the first turn of the first lap after Romain Grosjean caused a spectacular accident. Grosjean crashed his car into Lewis Hamilton creating a domino effect which involved five cars. Also involved in the accident were, the championship leader Fernando Alonso and Pérez's teammate Kamui Kobayashi.[47]

Pérez took his third podium at the Italian Grand Prix. On Saturday, he failed to qualify for Q3, and was twelfth on the grid. On Sunday, he climbed through the field to second place, passing on track, among others, Kimi Räikkönen, Nico Rosberg, Felipe Massa and Alonso. Unlike most of the drivers in the field, Pérez started the race on hard tyres and changed to the medium tyres on lap 29,[48] allowing him to lead the Grand Prix for five laps. As a result, Pérez and his car's outstanding tyre management got him well into the points, and ultimately, to a podium finish. Ultimately, he finished the season in tenth place in the Drivers' Championship with 66 points, 6 more than teammate Kobayashi.[49]

McLaren (2013)

2013 season

See also: 2013 Formula One World Championship
Pérez in the MP4-28 during winter tests at Jerez, in 2013

On 28 September 2012, Lewis Hamilton's decision to leave McLaren for Mercedes in 2013 was announced, and Pérez was subsequently confirmed as Hamilton's replacement.[50] He also replaced Hamilton in McLaren's cartoon Tooned.[51] This also ended Pérez' association with Ferrari, as he was released from its driver academy.

In the season-opening race in Australia, Pérez qualified 15th and finished in 11th position, later describing the weekend as "difficult" for himself and the team as a whole.[52] He started the Malaysian Grand Prix from ninth on the grid, and finished the race in the same position, scoring his first points for McLaren. He also achieved the fastest lap of the race, having pitted for fresh tyres.[53][54]

In the Bahrain GP, he started 12th on the grid and finishing 6th ahead of Ferrari's Fernando Alonso (8th) and his teammate Jenson Button (10th), with whom he had a fierce duel in which they touched on a couple of occasions, increasing the competition between drivers in McLaren on the following races.[55]

After the Bahrain Grand Prix, Jenson Button said of Pérez's driving style:

I've raced with many team-mates over the years and with quite an aggressive team-mate in Lewis, but I'm not used to driving down the straight and then my team-mate coming along and wiggling his wheels at me and banging wheels with me at 300km/h. I've had some tough fights in F1 but not quite as dirty as that. That's something you do in karting and normally you grow out of it but that's obviously not the case with Checo [Pérez]. Soon something serious will happen so he has to calm down. He's extremely quick and he did a great job today but some of it is unnecessary and an issue when you are doing those speeds.

— Jenson Button speaking to ESPN about Pérez after the 2013 Bahrain Grand Prix[56]
Pérez at the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix

At the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix Pérez performed several aggressive overtaking moves, before retiring after colliding with Kimi Räikkönen. Following the incident Räikkönen said that Pérez should be "punched in the face".[57] Pérez recorded a season-best fifth-place finish in India, finishing four seconds shy of the podium, a result that left him "extremely satisfied".[58]

Pérez confirmed on 13 November 2013 that he would be leaving McLaren at the end of the season to be replaced by Kevin Magnussen.[59] On 12 December 2013 (exactly a month after it was announced he would leave McLaren), Force India confirmed that Pérez would join Nico Hülkenberg in their driver line-up for 2014 in a 15 million Euro deal.

Force India (2014–2018)

Pérez at the 2014 Bahrain Grand Prix where he achieved his first podium finish since the 2012 season, with third place in the race

On 12 December 2013, Pérez had his drive for Force India in 2014 confirmed.[8]

2014

See also: 2014 Formula One World Championship

In the Australian Grand Prix, he finished 11th but was moved up to 10th to get his first point for Force India due to Daniel Ricciardo being disqualified for breaching fuel limits. He failed to start the Malaysian Grand Prix, after his car encountered gearbox issues prior to the start of the race. Nevertheless, a week later in the Bahrain Grand Prix, he was able to score Force India's first podium since 2009,[60] holding off Ricciardo's Red Bull for a third-place finish.[61] At the Chinese Grand Prix, Pérez started 16th and after gaining four places at the start, was able to overtake both McLarens and Daniil Kvyat's Toro Rosso to finish 9th. Outqualifying his teammate for a second time, Pérez started in tenth position for the Monaco Grand Prix however a first lap collision with Jenson Button meant an early retirement for the first time in the season. At the Canadian Grand Prix, Pérez was again fighting for another podium finish until the car suffered braking issues, later resulting in losing the third-place position to both Red Bulls. On the last lap he was involved in a collision with Felipe Massa, who crashed into the back of his Force India sending both cars heavily into the barriers. Pérez was subsequently given a five-place grid penalty for the next race, as the stewards decided he changed his racing line, causing Massa to crash into him.[62] At the Austrian Grand Prix, Pérez set his third fastest lap of his career whilst also giving Force India their third fastest lap in their history.

On 7 November 2014, before the Brazilian Grand Prix, Force India announced that Pérez would remain with the team for the 2015 season.[63] Pérez stated that contract negotiations were "ongoing", in regards to a further contract extension. The deal was officially confirmed at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with Pérez signing a new two-year contract, until the end of the 2016 season.[64]

2015

See also: 2015 Formula One World Championship
Pérez at the 2015 Canadian Grand Prix

The 2015 season started with a 10th place for Pérez in Australia, followed by a 13th in Malaysia, an 11th in China and an eighth in Bahrain. He came fifth in Belgium and sixth in Italy. His best race of the season was in Russia, where he scored his first podium of 2015 and Force India's third ever.[65] He finished the 2015 championship in ninth, his highest championship position to date, with 78 points. He outscored teammate Hülkenberg by 20 points. Besides the podium finish in Russia, he managed three further top five finishes in Belgium, USA and Abu Dhabi; he scored 63 of his 78 points in the final nine rounds. In the second half of the season he out qualified his teammate in six of the last nine races, and eight times throughout the season.

2016

See also: 2016 Formula One World Championship
Pérez finished third in the 2016 Monaco Grand Prix.

Pérez experienced a difficult start to the season for the first four races due to an uncompetitive VJM09, but scored points with a ninth place in Russia. Upgrades were introduced in Barcelona with a seventh-place finish indicating an improvement in the team's form.

In Monaco, Pérez scored his sixth (and Force India's fourth) podium finish in wet and changing conditions, and moved to ninth in the Drivers' Championship standings. Tyre management played a significant role but in contrast to previous occasions he pitted as many times as Ferrari and Red Bull, at times catching up with the front runners and managing to hold Sebastian Vettel in fourth at a comfortable distance.[66]

In the European Grand Prix in Baku Pérez once again finished third, recovering from a gearbox change penalty as a result of a crash during free practice, having been fast enough to qualify on the front row. Despite having to start from seventh on the grid he made his way up to fourth before passing Kimi Räikkönen on the last lap of the race for third, making it his second podium in three races.[67][68]

2017

See also: 2017 Formula One World Championship
Pérez at the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix

After the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix, Pérez confirmed he has committed to Force India for the 2017 season. He remained with the Indian team for a fourth consecutive season alongside new teammate Esteban Ocon, ending speculation of a possible move to Williams, Renault or Haas.[69][70] He was very consistent with his highest finish in 2017 a fourth place in Spain after two rivals collided at the start, and a third retired mid-race with a power unit failure.[71] He ended his streak of 17 points finishes as he ended up colliding with Daniil Kvyat in Monaco. He had a moment with his teammate in Canada when he would not allow his teammate through, who thought he could challenge Daniel Ricciardo for 3rd. He was again knocked out in Baku where he thought he could challenge for the win before colliding with Ocon. He finished 7th in Austria and moved up to 6th in the standings after Max Verstappen was out of the race on the first lap. He dropped to 7th in the championship after finishing 9th in Britain, behind his teammate and Verstappen finished 4th. He remained 7th in the standings for the rest of the season.

2018

See also: 2018 Formula One World Championship
Pérez at the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix

Pérez finished the first three races of the season outside the points. He then achieved his eighth career podium finish at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, finishing 3rd after an incident-strewn race. He passed then-championship leader Sebastian Vettel for 3rd place with a few laps to go, making him the first driver to finish on the podium twice at the Baku City Circuit (in 2016 and 2018). Another points finish came with 9th place in Spain. In France, he retired from the race with an engine failure. Three consecutive points finishes followed, with 7th-place finishes in Austria and Germany.

The podium ceremony at the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Räikkönen and Pérez

After the Hungarian Grand Prix, Force India was put into administration. This was caused by a group of creditors (including Pérez) taking legal action against the team. Pérez said that this action was taken to save the team and its employees from a winding-up order instigated by other creditors, which would have resulted in the team's collapse.[72] Shortly before the Belgian Grand Prix, Force India's assets were purchased by a consortium of investors led by Lawrence Stroll, father of Williams driver Lance Stroll. The team was re-admitted into the championship as a new team—Racing Point Force India—keeping Pérez and Ocon as their drivers. At the Belgian Grand Prix, the team came back strong with Pérez and Ocon qualifying 4th and 3rd, and finishing 5th and 6th, respectively.

Pérez took seven points finishes from nine races in the second half of the season. However, he faced criticism after a poor performance in Singapore. He collided with his teammate Ocon on the opening lap, causing Ocon to crash into a wall and retire from the race. He also collided with Sergey Sirotkin, an action that resulted in a drive-through penalty. He later stated that he thought his penalty was "fair".[73] He later suffered a brake failure and retired from his home race in Mexico. He ended the season in 8th place in the championship with 62 points, finishing ahead of teammate Ocon and being the only non-Mercedes, Ferrari or Red Bull driver to finish on the podium that season.

Racing Point (2019–2020)

2019

See also: 2019 Formula One World Championship
Pérez at the 2019 Austrian Grand Prix

The 2019 season saw Racing Point Force India become Racing Point, retaining Pérez as a driver. He was joined at the team by former Williams driver Lance Stroll. Racing Point saw 2019 as a transitional season, with much of the work on that year's car being disrupted by the administration events of the previous year. A strong start to the season, including a 6th-place finish in Azerbaijan, was followed by a string of eight races without points, the longest such string of his career. This included the rain-affected German Grand Prix, where he crashed out early in the race whilst teammate Stroll briefly led the race and eventually finished 4th.

In a similar manner to 2018, Pérez fared far better during the second half of the season. Except for a retirement in Singapore due to an oil leak, he scored points in every race after the summer break, including a strong 6th-place finish in Belgium. Many of these points finishes came from low initial grid positions, including a 7th-place finish in Italy after starting 18th, 8th in Japan from 17th, and 10th in the United States after starting from the pit lane. He finished the season in 10th place in the championship with 52 points, comfortably ahead of teammate Stroll.

2020

See also: 2020 Formula One World Championship
Perez driving in Barcelona in 2020 during pre-season testing

Pérez had signed a contract extension with Racing Point, for whom he was meant to continue racing with until the end of 2022.[74] Three days before the British Grand Prix, he tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus which causes COVID-19. Due to this, he was unable to participate in the British Grand Prix. He was temporarily replaced by Nico Hülkenberg. It was confirmed that he would also miss the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix, as he had again tested positive for COVID-19.[75] After testing negative for COVID-19 after the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix, Pérez returned to race at the Spanish Grand Prix, he qualified fourth and finished the race in fifth position.[76][77] In September 2020, Pérez announced that he would be leaving Racing Point at the end of the 2020 season.[78] He will be replaced by Sebastian Vettel as Racing Point become Aston Martin for the 2021 season.[79]

Pérez achieved his ninth F1 podium at the Turkish Grand Prix. After qualifying third in the rain, Pérez passed Max Verstappen and went from third to second, only behind his teammate Lance Stroll, starting with full wet rain tyres and changing for intermediate tyres on lap 10 of 58. Pérez inherited the lead after Stroll made a pitstop, and on lap 37 he got overtaken by Lewis Hamilton for the lead. The podium was Hamilton, Pérez and Sebastian Vettel.[80][81] Pérez was 3rd for the majority of the Bahrain Grand Prix after starting 5th, but an MGU-K electrical issue struck with only a few laps to go, forcing him to pull over and retire the car with flames billowing out of the power unit.

Since Pérez announced his departure from Racing Point there has been support from the media for him, with The Race saying it will be a "huge injustice were Perez not to be on the 2021 grid.".[82] Ex F1 driver turned Sky Sports F1 commentator/pundit Martin Brundle also echoed similar thoughts in his online column review the 2020 Turkish Grand Prix where Perez finished second and suggested that Perez "should be on Red Bull Racing's radar" to partner Max Verstappen in place of Alex Albon.[83]

Pérez won his first race at the Sakhir Grand Prix. On the first lap Pérez was hit by Leclerc and went from 2nd place to 18th and last. On lap 64 took the lead and won the race ahead of Esteban Ocon and teammate Stroll. This was the first win for a Mexican driver since Pedro Rodríguez won the 1970 Belgian Grand Prix 50 years prior.[84] [85]

Red Bull (2021–)

See also: 2021 Formula One World Championship

Pérez is due to race for Red Bull in 2021, replacing Alex Albon and partnering Max Verstappen.[1]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2004 Skip Barber National Championship Telmex Racing 14 0 0  –  – 77 11th
2005 Formula BMW ADAC 4speed Media 19 0 0 0 1 37 14th
2006 Formula BMW ADAC ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg 18 0 0 0 2 112 6th
2006–07 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Mexico 2 0 0 0 0 35† 10th†
2007 British Formula 3 Championship – National Class T-Sport 21 14 14 0 19 376 1st
2008 British Formula 3 Championship T-Sport 22 4 0 1 7 195 4th
2008–09 GP2 Asia Series Campos Grand Prix 11 2 0 1 3 26 7th
2009 GP2 Series Arden International 20 0 0 1 2 22 12th
2009–10 GP2 Asia Series Barwa Addax Team 4 0 0 0 0 5 15th
2010 GP2 Series Barwa Addax Team 20 5 1 5 7 71 2nd
2011 Formula One Sauber F1 Team 19 0 0 0 0 14 16th
2012 Formula One Sauber F1 Team 20 0 0 1 3 66 10th
2013 Formula One Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 19 0 0 1 0 49 11th
2014 Formula One Sahara Force India F1 Team 19 0 0 1 1 59 10th
2015 Formula One Sahara Force India F1 Team 19 0 0 0 1 78 9th
2016 Formula One Sahara Force India F1 Team 21 0 0 0 2 101 7th
2017 Formula One Sahara Force India F1 Team 20 0 0 1 0 100 7th
2018 Formula One Sahara Force India F1 Team 12 0 0 0 1 62 8th
Racing Point Force India F1 Team 9 0 0 0 0
2019 Formula One SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team 21 0 0 0 0 52 10th
2020 Formula One BWT Racing Point F1 Team 15 1 0 0 2 125 4th
2021 Formula One Red Bull Racing 87 5 3 8 29 190 4th

† Includes points scored by other drivers.

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2006–07 A1 Team Mexico NED
SPR 		NED
FEA 		CZE
SPR 		CZE
FEA 		CHN
SPR 		CHN
FEA 		MYS
SPR 		MYS
FEA 		IDN
SPR 		IDN
FEA 		NZL
SPR
PO 		NZL
FEA
PO 		AUS
SPR
PO 		AUS
FEA
PO 		RSA
SPR 		RSA
FEA 		MEX
SPR
PO 		MEX
FEA
PO 		CHN
SPR
15 		CHN
FEA
Ret 		GBR
SPR 		GBR
SPR 		10th 35

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2008–09 Campos Grand Prix SHI
FEA
Ret 		SHI
SPR
7 		DUB
FEA
6 		DUB
SPR
C 		BHR1
FEA
8 		BHR1
SPR
1 		LSL
FEA
2 		LSL
SPR
1 		SEP
FEA
Ret 		SEP
SPR
6 		BHR2
FEA
12 		BHR2
SPR
9 		7th 26
2009–10 Barwa Addax Team YMC1
FEA 		YMC1
SPR 		YMC2
FEA
12 		YMC2
SPR
4 		BHR1
FEA
7 		BHR1
SPR
17 		BHR2
FEA 		BHR2
SPR 		15th 5

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2009 Arden International CAT
FEA
14 		CAT
SPR
17 		MON
FEA
12 		MON
SPR
9 		IST
FEA
Ret 		IST
SPR
16 		SIL
FEA
4 		SIL
SPR
6 		NÜR
FEA
8 		NÜR
SPR
20 		HUN
FEA
Ret 		HUN
SPR
16 		VAL
FEA
3 		VAL
SPR
2 		SPA
FEA
Ret 		SPA
SPR
4 		MNZ
FEA
Ret 		MNZ
SPR
Ret 		ALG
FEA
Ret 		ALG
SPR
11 		12th 22
2010 Barwa Addax Team CAT
FEA
4 		CAT
SPR
Ret 		MON
FEA
1 		MON
SPR
6 		IST
FEA
DSQ 		IST
SPR
7 		VAL
FEA
11 		VAL
SPR
16 		SIL
FEA
5 		SIL
SPR
1 		HOC
FEA
2 		HOC
SPR
1 		HUN
FEA
3 		HUN
SPR
Ret 		SPA
FEA
7 		SPA
SPR
1 		MNZ
FEA
Ret 		MNZ
SPR
13 		YMC
FEA
1 		YMC
SPR
Ret 		2nd 71

Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 WDC Points
2011 Sauber F1 Team Sauber C30 Ferrari 056 2.4 V8 AUS
DSQ 		MAL
Ret 		CHN
17 		TUR
14 		ESP
9 		MON
DNS 		CAN
PO 		EUR
11 		GBR
7 		GER
11 		HUN
15 		BEL
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		SIN
10 		JPN
8 		KOR
16 		IND
10 		ABU
11 		BRA
13 		16th 14
2012 Sauber F1 Team Sauber C31 Ferrari 056 2.4 V8 AUS
8 		MAL
2 		CHN
11 		BHR
11 		ESP
Ret 		MON
11 		CAN
3 		EUR
9 		GBR
Ret 		GER
6 		HUN
14 		BEL
Ret 		ITA
2 		SIN
10 		JPN
Ret 		KOR
11 		IND
Ret 		ABU
15 		USA
11 		BRA
Ret 		10th 66
2013 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-28 Mercedes FO 108Z 2.4 V8 AUS
11 		MAL
9 		CHN
11 		BHR
6 		ESP
9 		MON
16† 		CAN
11 		GBR
20† 		GER
8 		HUN
9 		BEL
11 		ITA
12 		SIN
8 		KOR
10 		JPN
15 		IND
5 		ABU
9 		USA
7 		BRA
6 		11th 49
2014 Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM07 Mercedes PU106A Hybrid 1.6 V6 t AUS
10 		MAL
DNS 		BHR
3 		CHN
9 		ESP
9 		MON
Ret 		CAN
11† 		AUT
6 		GBR
11 		GER
10 		HUN
Ret 		BEL
8 		ITA
7 		SIN
7 		JPN
10 		RUS
10 		USA
Ret 		BRA
15 		ABU
7 		10th 59
2015 Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM08 Mercedes PU106B Hybrid 1.6 V6 t AUS
10 		MAL
13 		CHN
11 		BHR
8 		ESP
13 		MON
7 		CAN
11 		AUT
9 		9th 78
Force India VJM08B GBR
9 		HUN
Ret 		BEL
5 		ITA
6 		SIN
7 		JPN
12 		RUS
3 		USA
5 		MEX
8 		BRA
12 		ABU
5
2016 Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM09 Mercedes PU106C Hybrid 1.6 V6 t AUS
13 		BHR
16 		CHN
11 		RUS
9 		ESP
7 		MON
3 		CAN
10 		EUR
3 		AUT
17† 		GBR
6 		HUN
11 		GER
10 		BEL
5 		ITA
8 		SIN
8 		MAL
6 		JPN
7 		USA
8 		MEX
10 		BRA
4 		ABU
8 		7th 101
2017 Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM10 Mercedes M08 EQ Power+ 1.6 V6 t AUS
7 		CHN
9 		BHR
7 		RUS
6 		ESP
4 		MON
13 		CAN
5 		AZE
Ret 		AUT
7 		GBR
9 		HUN
8 		BEL
17† 		ITA
9 		SIN
5 		MAL
6 		JPN
7 		USA
8 		MEX
7 		BRA
9 		ABU
7 		7th 100
2018 Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM11 Mercedes M09 EQ Power+ 1.6 V6 t AUS
11 		BHR
16 		CHN
12 		AZE
3 		ESP
9 		MON
12 		CAN
14 		FRA
Ret 		AUT
7 		GBR
10 		GER
7 		HUN
14 		8th 62
Racing Point Force India F1 Team BEL
5 		ITA
7 		SIN
16 		RUS
10 		JPN
7 		USA
8 		MEX
Ret 		BRA
10 		ABU
8
2019 SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team Racing Point RP19 Mercedes M10 EQ Power+ 1.6 V6 t AUS
13 		BHR
10 		CHN
8 		AZE
6 		ESP
15 		MON
12 		CAN
12 		FRA
12 		AUT
11 		GBR
17 		GER
Ret 		HUN
11 		BEL
6 		ITA
7 		SIN
Ret 		RUS
7 		JPN
8 		MEX
7 		USA
10 		BRA
9 		ABU
7 		10th 52
2020 BWT Racing Point F1 Team Racing Point RP20 Mercedes M11 EQ Performance 1.6 V6 t AUT
6 		STY
6 		HUN
7 		GBR
WD 		70A ESP
5 		BEL
10 		ITA
10 		TUS
5 		RUS
4 		EIF
4 		POR
7 		EMI
6 		TUR
2 		BHR
18† 		SKH
1 		ABU
Ret 		4th 125

† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

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