121 Facts About Sergio Perez

Sergio Michel "Checo" Perez Mendoza, is a Mexican racing driver and who races in Formula One for Red Bull Racing, having previously driven for Sauber, McLaren, Force India, and Racing Point.

Sergio Perez 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.

Sergio Perez earned his first Formula One pole position at the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, breaking the record for the most races before a first pole position at 215.

Sergio Perez was a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy until 2012.

Sergio Perez made his Formula One debut driving for Sauber during the 2011 season.

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Sergio Perez took his first Formula One podium at the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix with Sauber.

Sergio Perez joined McLaren for the 2013 season, but the team did not score a single podium finish.

Sergio Perez remained with Force India when the team went into administration in 2018 and reformed as the Racing Point team for 2019.

In September 2020, Racing Point announced that Sergio Perez would be leaving the team at the end of the season as Sebastian Vettel, a four-time F1 world champion, had been signed to replace him.

Sergio Perez then won the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix with the team and secured the second Formula 1 Grand Prix win of his career.

Sergio Perez scored his maiden Formula One pole position at the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, with his third career win coming at the 2022 Monaco Grand Prix.

Sergio Perez scored his fourth win at the 2022 Singapore Grand Prix.

Sergio Perez is married to Carola Martinez, and they have three children.

In November 2012, Sergio Perez unveiled the Checo Sergio Perez Foundation to support orphans and children with cancer.

Sergio Perez began his career at the age of 6 years in karting in 1996.

Sergio Perez participated in several races in Shifter 125 cc and competed in Master Kadets, where he finished on the podium.

Sergio Perez 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.

However, Sergio Perez was not satisfied with the results and the following season, was up for another championship, this time on the 125cc Shifter Regional, and was the youngest driver to compete in the category.

Sergio Perez competed in the United States-based Skip Barber National Championship in 2004.

Sergio Perez moved to Europe in 2005 to compete in the German Formula BMW ADAC series.

Sergio Perez was allowed to live in a restaurant owned by his team manager for four months.

Sergio Perez finished fourteenth in the championship, driving for 4speed Media, and improved to sixth position the following year.

Sergio Perez was the third-youngest driver to take part in the series.

Sergio Perez switched to the British Formula 3 Championship for 2007.

Sergio Perez was the first Mexican driver to compete at this level of motorsport since Giovanni Aloi took part in International Formula 3000 in 1990.

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Sergio Perez won his first GP2 Asia Series race at Sakhir, winning from lights-to-flag in the sprint race having started from pole position.

Sergio Perez added a second win at Losail, during the sprint race of the night meeting in Qatar.

Sergio Perez moved to Arden International for the main 2009 GP2 Series, driving alongside fellow Formula Three graduate Edoardo Mortara.

Sergio Perez finished twelfth in the standings, with a best result of second coming at Valencia.

Sergio Perez won five races, and finished second in the standings behind Pastor Maldonado.

On 4 October 2010, Sauber announced that Sergio Perez would join the team in 2011, replacing Nick Heidfeld.

Sergio Perez became the fifth Mexican to compete in Formula One, and the first since Hector Rebaque competed between 1977 and 1981.

Sergio Perez became a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy scheme in October 2010.

Sergio Perez 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.

Sergio Perez failed to repeat the result in Malaysia where body parts flew off Sebastien Buemi's Toro Rosso car and into the electrical system of Perez's Sauber, forcing his retirement.

Sergio Perez was seen holding his hands around his head in an attempt to protect it just before the final impact.

Sergio Perez suffered a sprained thigh and concussion, and did not take part in the race the following day, on medical grounds.

Sergio Perez returned for the European Grand Prix and finished eleventh after attempting to run the race on a one-stop strategy.

Sergio Perez took a career-best seventh at the British Grand Prix and eleventh in Germany.

Sergio Perez finished sixteenth in the Drivers' Championship with fourteen points.

On 28 July, it was announced that Sergio Perez would remain with Sauber into the 2012 season, alongside teammate Kobayashi.

On 13 September, Sergio Perez tested for Ferrari as part of the Ferrari Driver Academy in a Ferrari F60, Ferrari's car from the 2009 season.

Sergio Perez conducted the test with fellow academy member Jules Bianchi.

Sergio Perez started the season with eighth place at the Australian Grand Prix, losing several places on the final lap due to excessively-worn tyres.

However, Sergio Perez later told reporters that he expected to stay with Sauber until at least the end of the 2012 season.

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Sergio Perez improved to ninth place in the race, but raised poor qualifying form as an issue for the team.

Sergio Perez later criticised the Venezuelan, claiming "Everybody has concerns about him" before adding, "Sergio Perez is a driver who doesn't know that we are risking our lives and has no respect at all".

Sergio Perez ruined [Lewis] Hamilton's race, he ruined my race in Monaco by doing stupid things.

German Grand Prix, Sergio Perez started in 17th position but was able to make his way through the field, and ultimately finished the race in 6th place.

Unlike most of the drivers in the field, Sergio Perez started the race on hard tyres and changed to the medium tyres on lap 29, allowing him to lead the Grand Prix for five laps.

Sergio Perez started the Malaysian Grand Prix from ninth on the grid, and finished the race in the same position, scoring his first points for McLaren.

Sergio Perez achieved the fastest lap of the race, having pitted for fresh tyres.

At the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix Sergio Perez performed several aggressive overtaking moves, before retiring after colliding with Kimi Raikkonen.

Sergio Perez recorded a season-best fifth-place finish in India, finishing four seconds shy of the podium, a result that left him "extremely satisfied".

Sergio Perez confirmed on 13 November 2013 that he would be leaving McLaren at the end of the season to be replaced by Kevin Magnussen.

On 12 December 2013, Force India confirmed that Sergio Perez would join Nico Hulkenberg in their driver line-up for 2014 in a 15 million Euro deal.

Sergio Perez failed to start the Malaysian Grand Prix, after his car encountered gearbox issues before the start of the race.

At the Chinese Grand Prix, Sergio Perez 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.

Out-qualifying his teammate for a second time, Sergio Perez started in the 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, Sergio Perez 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.

Sergio Perez was 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.

At the Austrian Grand Prix, Sergio Perez set his third fastest lap of his career whilst giving Force India their third fastest lap in their history.

Sergio Perez 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 Sergio Perez signing a new two-year contract, until the end of the 2016 season.

Sergio Perez finished the 2015 championship in ninth, his highest championship position to date, with 78 points.

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Sergio Perez 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.

In Monaco, Sergio Perez scored his sixth podium finish in wet and changing conditions and moved to ninth in the Drivers' Championship standings.

Sergio Perez 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.

Sergio Perez 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.

Sergio Perez ended his streak of 17 points finishes as he ended up colliding with Daniil Kvyat in Monaco.

Sergio Perez 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.

Sergio Perez was again knocked out in Baku where he thought he could challenge for the win before colliding with Ocon.

Sergio Perez finished 7th in Austria and moved up to 6th in the standings after Max Verstappen was out of the race on the first lap.

Sergio Perez dropped to 7th in the championship after finishing 9th in Britain, behind his teammate and Verstappen finished 4th.

Sergio Perez remained 7th in the standings for the rest of the season.

Sergio Perez finished the first three races of the season outside the points.

Sergio Perez 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.

Sergio Perez 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.

Sergio Perez took seven points finishes from nine races in the second half of the season.

Sergio Perez collided with his teammate Ocon on the opening lap, causing Ocon to crash into a wall and retire from the race.

Sergio Perez collided with Sergey Sirotkin, an action that resulted in a drive-through penalty.

Sergio Perez later suffered a brake failure and retired from his home race in Mexico.

Sergio Perez 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.

Sergio Perez was joined at the team by former Williams driver Lance Stroll.

Sergio Perez finished the season in 10th place in the championship with 52 points, comfortably ahead of teammate Stroll.

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Sergio Perez had signed a contract extension with Racing Point, for whom he was meant to continue racing until the end of 2022.

In September 2020, Sergio Perez announced that he would be leaving Racing Point at the end of the 2020 season.

Sergio Perez would be replaced by Sebastian Vettel as Racing Point become Aston Martin for the 2021 season.

Sergio Perez achieved his ninth F1 podium at the Turkish Grand Prix.

Sergio Perez inherited the lead after Stroll made a pitstop, and on lap 37 he got overtaken by Lewis Hamilton for the lead.

Sergio Perez 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.

Former F1 driver and Sky Sports F1 commentator, Martin Brundle, echoed similar thoughts in his online column review the 2020 Turkish Grand Prix where Sergio Perez finished second and suggested that Sergio Perez "should be on Red Bull Racing's radar" to partner Max Verstappen in place of Alex Albon.

Sergio Perez won his first race at the Sakhir Grand Prix, becoming Formula 1's 110th race winner.

Sergio Perez finished the season with 125 points, scoring one win and one podium.

Sergio Perez finished fourth overall which was his best ever championship result, which he equalled in 2021.

Sergio Perez raced for Red Bull Racing in 2021, replacing Alex Albon - who was demoted to the role of reserve and test driver - and partnering Max Verstappen.

At the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix, Sergio Perez made his debut with the Red Bull Racing team finishing in 5th place.

Sergio Perez managed to reset his RB16B before having to start the race from the pitlane.

Sergio Perez passed Norris early but lost a position to Bottas after a slow pitstop.

Unable to pass the Mercedes, Sergio Perez then switched strategies and pitted for fresh tyres and chased down Bottas in the final stages.

Sergio Perez made up a 20-second deficit to catch Bottas on the final lap, but was unable to pass his rival for a 3rd consecutive finish on the podium and finished just half a second behind in 4th place.

Sergio Perez's car was fixed in time for the start of the race, although he was required to start from the back.

At the United States Grand Prix, Sergio Perez had one of his most competitive weekends of the season, out-qualifying the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas and starting 3rd behind teammate Verstappen and the other Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton, before finishing in the same position, albeit over 42 seconds behind eventual winner Verstappen, due to a drinks failure on the first lap.

Sergio Perez retired from the race a few laps from the end because of suspected engine problems.

Sergio Perez finished the season with 190 points, scoring 1 win and 5 podiums.

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Sergio Perez finished fourth overall, equalling his best championship result set in 2020.

Sergio Perez achieved his first pole position at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, on his 215th race start in Formula 1; therefore breaking the record for most races before a first pole position and becoming the first Mexican driver to achieve a pole position in F1.

Sergio Perez led the race until lap 16, where he pitted after coming under pressure from a potential undercut from Leclerc in 2nd.

Sergio Perez lost a position at the start to Lewis Hamilton because of getting boxed in and got the position back on lap 10.

On lap 39 his teammate Max Verstappen retired from the race due to mechanical problems and Sergio Perez was then running second behind Charles Leclerc, which he held till the finish.

Sergio Perez got the sixteenth podium of his career and his sixth with Red Bull Racing.

Sergio Perez jumped up to 2nd on the opening lap of the race, after beating Charles Leclerc off the line.

Sergio Perez was unable to overtake Russell so he let Verstappen through, who too was unable to overtake Russell due to an issue with his DRS.

On Lap 31, after not being allowed to switch with Verstappen by the team, Sergio Perez overtook Russell on the medium tyres when his teammate pitted and took the lead of the race, Charles Leclerc having retired earlier.

Sergio Perez again let Verstappen through on lap 49, the team citing Verstappen being on the three stop compared to Sergio Perez's two.

On Lap 17, Sergio Perez pitted onto intermediate tyres from third place, later taking the lead on Lap 22 after Sainz pitted.

The race hit the three-hour limit, and Sergio Perez held on to win the third race of his Formula One career, from Sainz and his teammate Verstappen.

Sergio Perez was unable to keep up with Verstappen, attributing it to tyre degradation.

Sergio Perez finished 2nd to Verstappen, with Leclerc having retired.

Sergio Perez had a bad start and was attacked by the two Mercedes cars, but eventually moved back into second.

Sergio Perez was voted Driver of the Day at the same Grand Prix.